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==Reception== ===Box office=== The film was one of the twelve most popular at the British box office in 1958 (that list included several other war related movies β ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'', ''[[The Camp on Blood Island]]'', ''[[Dunkirk (1958 film)|Dunkirk]]'', ''[[The Key (1958 film)|The Key]]'', ''[[Carve Her Name with Pride]]'', ''[[The Wind Cannot Read]]'' β as well as ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'', ''[[A Cry from the Streets]]'', ''[[Happy Is the Bride]]'' and ''[[Indiscreet (1958 film)|Indiscreet]]''.)<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety214-1959-04/page/n211/mode/1up|title=Britain's Money Pacers 1958|date=15 April 1959|page=60}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Screen_Volume_32_Issue_3/page/n17 |magazine=Screen |page=259 |volume=32 |issue=3 |title=The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry |first=Janet |last=Thumim}}</ref> ''Kinematograph Weekly'' listed it as being "in the money" at the British box office in 1958.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Kinematograph Weekly|date=18 December 1958|first=Josh|last=Billings|page=7|title=Others in the Money}}</ref> ===Awards=== The film was nominated for several awards:<ref name=awards /> * '''Winner''' [[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]] at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] * '''Nominated''' [[BAFTA Award for Best Film]] * '''Nominated''' [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|BAFTA Award for Best British Film]] * '''Nominated''' [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]] ([[Anthony Quayle]]) * '''Nominated''' [[BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay]] (T. J. Morrison) * '''Nominated''' Golden Bear [[Berlin International Film Festival]] ===Legacy=== The film is arguably the best known credit for Sylvia Syms.<ref name="filmink">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-surprisingly-saucy-cinema-of-sylvia-syms/|title=The Surprisingly Saucy Cinema of Sylvia Syms|date=22 February 2023|access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref>
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