| Academy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| Best Picture |
| ✓ | Best Actor: Burt Lancaster |
| ✓ | Best Supporting Actress: Shirley Jones |
| ✓ | Best Adapted Screenplay: Richard Brooks |
| Best Original Score: André Previn |
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| Golden Globe Nominations and Winners: |
| Best Picture (Drama) |
| Best Director: Richard Brooks |
| Best Actress (Drama): Jean Simmons |
| ✓ | Best Actor (Drama): Richard Brooks |
| Best Supporting Actress: Shirley Jones |
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| Other Awards: |
| Writers Guild of America: Best Written American Drama |
| New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Lancaster) |
| National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actress (Jones) |