11th British Academy Film Awards

The 11th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, were held on 6 March 1958, to honor the best national and foreign films of 1957.

11th British Academy Film Awards
Date	6 March 1958
Highlights
Best Film	The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best British Film	The Bridge on the River Kwai
Most awards	The Bridge on the River Kwai (4)
Most nominations	The Prince and the Showgirl (5)

Winners and nominees

Best Film

The Bridge on the River Kwai

• 12 Angry Men
• 3:10 to Yuma
• The Bachelor Party
• Edge of the City
• The Shiralee
• That Night!
• The Tin Star
• Windom's Way
• Paths of Glory
• Pather Panchali
• Celui qui doit mourir
• Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
• Porte des Lilas
• The Prince and the Showgirl
• A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth

Best British Film

The Bridge on the River Kwai

• The Prince and the Showgirl
• The Shiralee
• Windom's Way

Best Foreign Actor

Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men

• Sidney Poitier in Edge of the City
• Ed Wynn in The Great Man
• Robert Mitchum in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
• Pierre Brasseur in Porte des Lilas
• Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success
• Richard Basehart in Time Limit
• Jean Gabin in La Traversee de Paris

Best British Actor

Alec Guinness in The Bridge on the River Kwai

• Trevor Howard in Manuela
• Laurence Olivier in The Prince and the Showgirl
• Michael Redgrave in Time Without Pity
• Peter Finch in Windom's Way

Best British Actress

Heather Sears in The Story of Esther Costello

• Deborah Kerr in Tea and Sympathy
• Sylvia Syms in Woman in a Dressing Gown

Best Foreign Actress

Simone Signoret in Les Sorcieres de Salem

• Katharine Hepburn in The Rainmaker
• Joanne Woodward in The Three Faces of Eve
• Augusta Dabney in That Night!
• Eva Marie Saint in A Hatful of Rain
• Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl
• Lilli Palmer in Anastasia - Die letzte Zarentochter

Best British Screenplay

The Bridge on the River Kwai - Pierre Boulle