9th British Academy Film Awards

Winners and nominees

Best Film

** Richard III **

• Bad Day at Black Rock
• Carmen Jones
• The Colditz Story
• The Dam Busters
• East of Eden
• The Ladykillers
• Marty
• The Night My Number Came Up
• The Prisoner
• Seven Samurai
• Simba
• La Strada
• Summertime

Best British Film

** Richard III **

• The Colditz Story
• The Dam Busters
• The Ladykillers
• The Night My Number Came Up
• The Prisoner
• Simba

Best Documentary

** Foothold in Antarctica **

• Generator 4
• The Silent World (Le Monde Du Silence)
• Under the Same Sky

Best Foreign Actor

** Ernest Borgnine in Marty **

• James Dean in East of Eden
• Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts
• Frank Sinatra in Not as a Stranger
• Toshirō Mifune in Seven Samurai
• Takashi Shimura in Seven Samurai

Best British Actor

** Laurence Olivier in Richard III **

• Alfie Bass in The Bespoke Overcoat
• Kenneth More in The Deep Blue Sea
• Michael Redgrave in The Night My Number Came Up
• Jack Hawkins in The Prisoner
• Alec Guinness in* The Prisoner*

Best British Actress

** Katie Johnson in The Ladykillers **

• Margaret Lockwood in Cast a Dark Shadow
• Deborah Kerr in The End of the Affair
• Margaret Johnston in Touch and Go

Best Foreign Actress

** Betsy Blair in Marty **

• Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones
• Grace Kelly in The Country Girl
• Julie Harris in I Am a Camera
• Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch
• Judy Garland in A Star Is Born
• Giulietta Masina in La Strada
• Katharine Hepburn in Summertime

Best British Screenplay

** The Ladykillers - William Rose **

Best Animated Film

'* *Blinkity Blank'''''

• Animal Farm
• Down a Long Way
• Fudget's Budget
• Lady and the Tramp
• Magoo Express

Special Award

'* *The Bespoke Overcoat'''''

• Mr Mensah Builds a House
• The Steps of Age

References

References

1. "Blinkity Blank". [[National Film Board of Canada]].
2. "1956 - Results - Film Awards".