Award Category Nominee(s) Result Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Lee J. Cobb Nominated Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Richard Brooks Nominated Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Nominated Laurel Awards Top Male Dramatic Performance Lee J. Cobb Nominated Top Cinematography – Color John Alton Nominated Top Music Composer Bronislau Kaper Nominated National Board of Review Awards Top Ten Films 8th Place Best Supporting Actor Albert Salmi (also for The Bravados) Won New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Director Richard Brooks Nominated