Academy Awards archive
Sleuth Oscar Nominations & Wins
Sleuth has 4 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 0 wins.
Wins recorded in the archive
No winning records for Sleuth are represented in this archive. Its recorded nominations are listed below.
All 4 award records
Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.
| Film year | Category / credited nominee | Recorded result |
|---|---|---|
| Film year1972 | Best Actor Credited nominee / recipientMichael Caine Milo Tindale | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1972 | Best Actor Credited nominee / recipientLaurence Olivier Andrew Wyke | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1972 | Best Director Credited nominee / recipientJoseph L. Mankiewicz | Nomination recorded |
| Film year1972 | Original Score Credited nominee / recipientJohn Addison Source contextNOTE: The Godfather score, composed by Nino Rota, was originally announced as one of the five official nominees. It was later pointed out that portions of the score and the main theme were composed by Rota for his score to the 1958 Italian film, Fortunella. The Music Branch was given this information and re-balloted to determine the fifth nomination. The list of six films they were to choose from were the remaining five of the top ten preliminary listings, plus The Godfather score. The results of the re-balloting was that the fifth nomination became Sleuth, composed by John Addison. | Award record — see source context |
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Best Director 1972 film year · Ceremony 45
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