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British Academy Film Awards

12th edition

  • March 1, 1959
  • United Kingdom

The 12th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1959, honoured the best films of 1958.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Room at the Top — Winner
Aparajito — —
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — —
The Cranes Are Flying — —
The Defiant Ones — —
Ice Cold in Alex — —
Indiscreet — —
Nights of Cabiria — —
No Down Payment — —
Orders to Kill — —
Sea of Sand — —
The Sheepman — —
Wild Strawberries — —
The Young Lions — —
Outstanding British Film
Room at the Top — Winner
Ice Cold in Alex — —
Indiscreet — —
Orders to Kill — —
Sea of Sand — —
Best Foreign Actor
The Defiant Ones Sidney Poitier Winner
The Defiant Ones Tony Curtis —
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Paul Newman —
The Enemy Below Curd Jürgens —
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Curd Jürgens —
The Last Hurrah Spencer Tracy —
The Sheepman Glenn Ford —
Wild Strawberries Victor Sjöström —
Witness for the Prosecution Charles Laughton —
The Young Lions Marlon Brando —
Best Foreign Actress
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Simone Signoret Winner
Aparajito Karuna Banerjee —
The Cranes Are Flying Tatiana Samoilova —
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Ingrid Bergman —
Nights of Cabiria Giulietta Masina —
No Down Payment Joanne Woodward —
Wild Is the Wind Anna Magnani —
Best British Actor
The Key Trevor Howard Winner
Harry Black and the Tiger I. S. Johar —
Ice Cold in Alex Anthony Quayle —
Room at the Top Laurence Harvey —
Room at the Top Donald Wolfit —
Sea of Sand Michael Craig —
Tom Thumb Terry-Thomas —
Best British Actress
Orders to Kill Irene Worth Winner
Carve Her Name with Pride Virginia McKenna —
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Elizabeth Taylor —
Room at the Top Hermione Baddeley —
Best British Screenplay
Orders to Kill Paul Dehn Winner

Room at the Top

Room at the Top
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Orders to Kill 2
  • Room at the Top 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Room at the Top 5
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4
  • Orders to Kill 4
  • The Defiant Ones 3
  • Ice Cold in Alex 3
  • Sea of Sand 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Room at the Top 2 / 5
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1 / 4
  • Ice Cold in Alex 0 / 3
  • Sea of Sand 0 / 3
  • Orders to Kill 2 / 4
  • The Defiant Ones 1 / 3

Only one nomination

8 movies:
  • Carve Her Name with Pride
  • The Enemy Below
  • Harry Black and the Tiger
  • The Key
  • The Last Hurrah
  • Tom Thumb
  • Wild Is the Wind
  • Witness for the Prosecution

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