26th British Academy Film Awards

26th BAFTA Film Awards
1973----Best Film:
Cabaret

The 26th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1973, honored the best films of 1972.

Winners & Nominees

Best Film

"Cabaret"
*"A Clockwork Orange"
*"The Last Picture Show"
*"The French Connection"

Best Actor

Gene Hackman in "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The French Connection"
*Marlon Brando in "The Godfather"
*George C. Scott in "The Hospital"
*Marlon Brando in "The Nightcomers"
*George C. Scott in "They Might Be Giants"
*Robert Shaw in "Young Winston"

Best Actress

Liza Minnelli in "Cabaret"
*Stephane Audran in "Le Boucher"
*Anne Bancroft in "Young Winston"
*Dorothy Tutin in "Savage Messiah"

Best Supporting Actor

Ben Johnson in "The Last Picture Show"
*Max Adrian in "The Boy Friend"
*Robert Duvall in "The Godfather"
*Ralph Richardson in "Lady Caroline Lamb"

Best Supporting Actress

"Cloris Leachman in "The Last Picture Show"
*Marisa Berenson in "Cabaret"
*Eileen Brennan in "The Last Picture Show"
*Shelley Winters in "The Poseidon Adventure"

Best Direction

Bob Fosse for "Cabaret"
*Stanley Kubrick for "A Clockwork Orange"
*William Friedkin for "The French Connection"
*Peter Bogdanovich for "The Last Picture Show"

Best Screenplay

"The Hospital" - Paddy Chayefsky "The Last Picture Show" - Peter Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry