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Best Picture Win: Around the World in Eighty Days Runner-Up: Friendly Persuasion Runner-Up: Giant Runner-Up: The King and I Runner-Up: The Ten Commandments Best Director Win: George Stevens, Giant Runner-Up: Michael Anderson, Around the World in Eighty Days Runner-Up: William Wyler, Friendly Persuasion Runner-Up: Walter Lang, The King and I Runner-Up: King Vidor, War and Peace Best Actor Win: Yul Brynner, The King and I Runner-Up: Rock Hudson, Giant Runner-Up: James Dean, Giant Runner-Up: Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life Runner-Up: Laurence Olivier, Richard III Best Actress Win: Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia Runner-Up: Carroll Baker, Baby Doll Runner-Up: Nancy Kelly, The Bad Seed Runner-Up: Deborah Kerr, The King and I Runner-Up: Katharine Hepburn, The Rainmaker (1956) Best Supporting Actor Win: Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life Runner-Up: Don Murray, Bus Stop Runner-Up: Anthony Perkins, Friendly Persuasion Runner-Up: Mickey Rooney, The Bold and the Brave Runner-Up: Robert Stack, Written on the Wind Best Supporting Actress Win: Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind Runner-Up: Mildred Dunnock, Baby Doll Runner-Up: Mercedes McCambridge, Giant Runner-Up: Patricia McCormack, The Bad Seed Runner-Up: Eileen Heckart, The Bad Seed Best Adapted Screenplay Win: James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman , Around the World in Eighty Days Runner-Up: Tennessee Williams, Baby Doll Runner-Up: Michael Wilson, Friendly Persuasion Runner-Up: Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat , Giant Runner-Up: Norman Corwin, Lust for Life Best Motion Picture Story Win: Dalton Trumbo (nominated as Robert Rich), The Brave One Runner-Up: Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman , High Society (nominated in error) Runner-Up: Jean-Paul Sartre, Les Orgueilleux Runner-Up: Leo Katcher, The Eddy Duchin Story Runner-Up: Cesare Zavattini, Umberto D. Best Original Screenplay Win: Albert Lamorisse, Le Ballon Rouge Runner-Up: Andrew L. Stone, Julie Runner-Up: Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli , La Strada Runner-Up: Robert Lewin, The Bold and the Brave Runner-Up: William Rose, The Ladykillers

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