1949 in Film - Awards

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: All the King's Men - Rossen, Columbia

Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives

Best Actor: Broderick Crawford - All the King's Men

Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress

Best Supporting Actor: Dean Jagger - Twelve O'Clock High

Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge - All the King's Men

Golden Globe Awards:

Best Picture: All the King's Men

Best Director: Robert Rossen – All the King's Men

Best Actor: Broderick Crawford – All the King's Men

Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland – The Heiress

Best Foreign Language Film: The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette), Italy

Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):

The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed, United Kingdom

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)

Manon, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, France