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1957
Best Actor | 1957 | Anthony
1957
Top Ten Films | 1957
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1958 | Anthony
Best Director | 1958
Best Actor Drama | 1958 | Anthony
Best Actress Drama | 1958 | Eva Marie
Best Foreign Actress | 1958 | Eva Marie
1957
Top Female Dramatic Performance | 1958 | Eva Marie
Best Foreign Film Miglior Film Straniero | 1958
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1958
Best Actress | 1957 | Eva Marie
Anthony Franciosa was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Polo in the original Broadway production. He was nominated for an Academy Award for reprising the role in this film.
Adapted from a Broadway play by Michael V. Gazzo. The original stage production opened on Nov. 9, 1955 at the Lyceum Theatre in New York and ran for 398 performances. Ben Gazzara and Shelley Winters played the two leads.
Anthony Franciosa and Henry Silva reprise their roles from the Broadway production. Anthony Franciosa and his Broadway costar Shelley Winters were later married.
Features Anthony Franciosa's only Oscar nominated performance.
To prepare for the film, Don Murray and director Fred Zinnemann spent time with the NYPD's Narcotics Squad. This gave them access to the lives of real addicts and how they coped.
"John Pope, Sr: Polo, You're a bum. You always were and you always will be."
"John Pope, Sr: This the age of vacuum. Nothing's right, nothing's wrong. Nobody's for, nobody's against - which is all waiting around... - waiting for the world blowing..."
