| Academy Award Nominations and Winners: |
| Best Picture |
| Best Director: Howard Hawks |
| ✓ | Best Actor: Gary Cooper |
| Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Wycherly |
| Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan |
| Best Original Screenplay: Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, John Huston, and Howard Koch |
| Best Cinematography (Black & White): Sol Polito |
| Best Art Direction (Black & White): John Hughes; Fred M. MacLean |
| ✓ | Best Film Editing: William Holmes |
| Best Original Score (Drama): Max Steiner |
| Best Sound: Nathan Levinson |
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| Other Awards: |
| New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Cooper) |