1962, Film and Television Awards: British Academy Awards (BAFTAs)

Best British Film
Winner: 'A Taste of Honey'

Nominees:

• 'The Innocents'
• 'The Long and the Short and the Tall'
• 'The Sundowners'
• 'Whistle Down the Wind'

Best Film from any Source
Winners: 'Ballada O Soldate' and 'The Hustler'

Nominees:

• 'Apur Sansar'
• 'Le Trou'
• 'The Innocents'
• 'Judgment at Nuremberg'
• 'The Long and the Short and the Tall'
• 'Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli'
• 'The Sundowners'
• 'A Taste of Honey'
• 'Whistle Down the Wind'

 

Best British Actor
Winner:  Peter Finch as Johnnie Byrne in 'No Love For Johnnie'

Nominees:

• Dirk Bogarde as Melville Farr in 'Victim'

Best British Actress
Winner:  Dora Bryan as Helen in 'A Taste Of Honey'

Nominees:

• Deborah Kerr as Ida Carmody in 'The Sundowners'
• Hayley Mills as Kathy Bostock in 'Whistle Down The Wind'

Best Foreign Actor
Winner: Paul Newman as Eddie Felson in 'The Hustler'

Nominees:

• Montgomery Clift as Rudolph Peterson in 'Judgment At Nuremberg'
• Vladimir Ivashov as Private Alyosha Skvortsov in 'Ballada O Soldate'
• Philippe Leroy as Manu Borelli in 'Le Trou'
• Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger in 'A Raisin In The Sun'
• Maximilian Schell as defense counsel Hans Rolfe in 'Judgment At Nuremberg'
• Alberto Sordi as Captain Blasi in 'The Best Of Enemies'

Best Foreign Actress
Winner: Sophia Loren as Cesira in 'La ciociara'

Nominees:

• Annie Girardot as Nadia in 'Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli'
• Piper Laurie as Sarah Packard in 'The Hustler'
• Claudia McNeil as Lena Younger in 'A Raisin In The Sun'
• Jean Seberg as Patricia Franchini in 'À bout de souffle'

Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Winner: Rita Tushingham as Jo in 'A Taste Of Honey'

Nominees:

• Tony Hancock as Anthony Hancock in 'The Rebel'
• Murray Melvin as Geoffrey Ingham in 'A Taste Of Honey'

Best British Screenplay
Winner: Wolf Mankowitz & Val Guest: 'The Day The Earth Caught Fire' and Shelagh Delaney, Tony Richardson: 'A Taste Of Honey'

Nominees:

• Ted Willis: 'Flame In The Streets'
• Carl Foreman:'The Guns Of Navarone'
• Janet Green & John McCormick: 'Victim'
• Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall: 'Whistle Down The Wind'