| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Won | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White Alexandre Trauner Edward G. Boyle |
| Best Director Billy Wilder | |||
| Best Film Editing Daniel Mandell | |||
| Best Picture Billy Wilder | |||
| Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen Billy Wilder I.A.L. Diamond | |||
| Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Jack Lemmon | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jack Kruschen | |||
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Shirley MacLaine | |||
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Joseph LaShelle | |||
| Best Sound Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD) |
Listed as a Comedy, i would disagree. This is a dark look at the things we must do to get a bit of love in this world.
Comedy or Drama aside, this is a well acted movie in a way we rarely get to see today.
Jack Lemmon is the bumbling up and comer. Shirley MacLaine is just darling as she stumbles through love in a youthful way.
A template that all rom-coms still follow today, except in this movie the acting is stellar.
Enjoy.
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