9th British Academy Film Awards

9th BAFTA Film Awards
1956----Best Film:
Richard III

The 9th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1956, honored the best films of 1955.

Winners & 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 Foreign Actor

"Ernest Borgnine in Marty"
*"James Dean in East of Eden"
*"Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts"
*"Frank Sinatra in Not as a Stranger"
*"Toshiro 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 Guiness 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 Johnson 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"