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Inherit the Wind Oscar Nominations & Wins

Inherit the Wind has 4 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 0 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

No winning records for Inherit the Wind are represented in this archive. Its recorded nominations are listed below.

All 4 award records

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Inherit the Wind: all recorded nominations and wins
Film year	Category / credited nominee	Recorded result
Film year1960	Best Actor Credited nominee / recipientSpencer Tracy Henry Drummond	Nomination recorded Recorded winner in this categoryElmer GantryElmer Gantry Burt Lancaster
Film year1960	Cinematography (Black-and-White) Credited nominee / recipientErnest Laszlo	Nomination recorded Recorded winner in this categorySons and Lovers Freddie Francis
Film year1960	Film Editing Credited nominee / recipientFrederic Knudtson	Nomination recorded Recorded winner in this categoryThe Apartment Daniel Mandell
Film year1960	Adapted Screenplay Credited nominee / recipientNedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith Source context NOTE: Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted on June 22, 1993, to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nominations and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period).	Award record — see source context

Who else was nominated?

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Best Actor 1960 film year · Ceremony 33

Sons and Lovers
Morel
Trevor Howard
Nominee
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
Burt Lancaster
★ Winner
The Apartment
C.C. 'Bud' Baxter
Jack Lemmon
Nominee
The Entertainer
Archie Rice
Laurence Olivier
Nominee
Inherit the Wind This film
Henry Drummond
Spencer Tracy
Nominee

Best Actor winner history All 1960 film-year results

Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1960 film year · Ceremony 33

The Apartment
Joseph LaShelle
Nominee
The Facts of Life
Charles B. Lang, Jr.
Nominee
Inherit the Wind This film
Ernest Laszlo
Nominee
Psycho
John L. Russell
Nominee
Sons and Lovers
Freddie Francis
★ Winner

Cinematography (Black-and-White) winner history All 1960 film-year results

Film Editing 1960 film year · Ceremony 33

The Alamo
Stuart Gilmore
Nominee
The Apartment
Daniel Mandell
★ Winner
Inherit the Wind This film
Frederic Knudtson
Nominee
Pepe
Viola Lawrence, Al Clark
Nominee
Spartacus
Robert Lawrence
Nominee

Film Editing winner history All 1960 film-year results

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