8th British Academy Film Awards (1955)

- WINNER

Best British Film

Hobson's Choice
Court Martial
The Divided Heart
Doctor in the House
Cocktails in the Kitchen
High and Dry
The Purple Plain
Romeo and Juliet

Best Animated Film

Song of the Prairie
Little Brave Heart
Power to Fly
The Unicorn in the Garden

Best Documentary

The Great Adventure
3-2-1-zero
The Back of Beyond
Lekko!
Thursday's Children

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Chance Meeting - David Kossoff
The Moon Is Blue - Maggie McNamara
On the Waterfront - Eva Marie Saint

UN Award

The Divided Heart
A Time Out of War

Best British Actor

Doctor in the House - Kenneth More
Court Martial - David Niven
Hobson's Choice - John Mills
Lease of Life - Robert Donat
Svengali - Donald Wolfit
The Purple Plain - Maurice Denham

Best Foreign Actor

On the Waterfront - Marlon Brando
The Caine Mutiny - Jose Ferrer
Executive Suite - Fredric March
The Glenn Miller Story - James Stewart
Riot in Cell Block 11 - Neville Brand

Best British Actress

The Divided Heart - Yvonne Mitchell
Court Martial - Margaret Leighton
Court Martial - Noelle Middleton
Hobson's Choice - Brenda de Banzie
Sabrina - Audrey Hepburn

Best Foreign Actress

The Divided Heart - Cornell Borchers
About Mrs. Leslie - Shirley Booth
Bread, Love and Dreams - Gina Lollobrigida
Dial M for Murder - Grace Kelly
Phffft - Judy Holliday

Best British Screenplay

Chance Meeting - George Tabori, Robin Estridge
The Divided Heart - Jack Whittingham
Doctor in the House - Nicholas Phipps
Hobson's Choice - David Lean, Norman Spencer, Wynyard Browne
Lovers, Happy Lovers! - Hugh Mills, Rene Clement
High and Dry - William Rose
The Purple Plain - Eric Ambler
Romeo and Juliet - Renato Castellani

Special Award

A Time Out of War
Axel Petersen
The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci
The Living Desert
The Origin of Coal
Powered Flight: The Story of the Century

Best Film From Any Source

The Wages of Fear
Robinson Crusoe
Bread, Love and Dreams
The Caine Mutiny
Court Martial
The Divided Heart
Doctor in the House
Executive Suite
Cocktails in the Kitchen
Gate of Hell
Hobson's Choice
How to Marry a Millionaire
High and Dry
The Moon Is Blue
On the Waterfront
The Purple Plain
Rear Window
Riot in Cell Block 11
Romeo and Juliet
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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