Winner
Academy Awards, USA 1961
Best Picture-Billy Wilder
Best Director-Billy Wilder
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen - Billy Wilder /I.A.L. Diamond
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White - Alexandre Trauner /Edward G. Boyle
Best Film Editing-Daniel Mandell
Nominee
Best Actor in a Leading Role-Jack Lemmon
Best Actress in a Leading Role-Shirley MacLaine
Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Jack Kruschen
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White-Joseph LaShelle
Best Sound-Gordon Sawyer"