15th British Academy Film Awards

15th BAFTA Film Awards
1962----Best Film:
The Hustler and Ballada o soldate

The 15th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1962, honored the best films of 1961.

Winners & Nominees

Best Film

"The Hustler" "Ballada o soldate"
*"Apur Sansar"
*"The Innocents"*
*"The Long and the Short and the Tall"
*"The Sundowners"
*"A Taste of Honey"
*"Le Trou"
*"Whistle Down the Wind"
*"Judgment at Nuremberg"
*"Rocco e i suoi fratelli"

Best British Film

"A Taste of Honey"
*"The Innocents"
*"The Sundowners"
*"The Long and the Short and the Tall"
*"Whistle Down the Wind"

Best Foreign Actor

"Paul Newman in The Hustler"
*"Vladimir Ivashov in Ballada o soldate"
*"Alberto Sordi in The Best of Enemies"
*"Montgomery Clift in Judgment at Nuremberg"
*"Maximilian Schell in Judgment at Nuremberg"
*"Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun"
*"Philippe Leroy in Le Trou"

Best British Actor

"Peter Finch in No Love for Johnnie"
*"Dirk Bogarde in Victim"

Best British Actress

"Dora Bryan in A Taste of Honey"
*"Deborah Kerr in The Sundowners"
*"Hayley Mills in Whistle Down the Wind"

Best Foreign Actress

"Sophia Loren in La Ciociara"
*"Piper Laurie in The Hustler"
*"Claudia McNeil in A Raisin in the Sun"
*"Annie Girardot in Rocco e i suoi fratelli"
*"Jean Seberg in À bout de souffle"

Best British Screenplay

"The Day the Earth Caught Fire - Wolf Mankowitz and Val Guest" "A Taste of Honey - Tony Richardson and Shelagh Delaney"