National Board of Review Awards 1951

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<big>23rd National Board of Review Awards</big><br> <div style="padding-left: 15px"> December 17, 1951 </div>

</div> The 23rd National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 17, 1951.

Top Ten Films

1. A Place in the Sun
2. The Red Badge of Courage
3. An American in Paris
4. Death of a Salesman
5. Detective Story
6. A Streetcar Named Desire
7. Decision Before Dawn
8. Strangers on a Train
9. Quo Vadis
10. Fourteen Hours

Top Foreign Films

1. Rashomon
2. The River
3. Miracle in Milan
4. Kon-Tiki
5. The Browning Version

Winners

• Best Film: A Place in the Sun
• Best Foreign Film: Rashomon
• Best Actor: Richard Basehart (Fourteen Hours)
• Best Actress: Jan Sterling (The Big Carnival)
• Best Director: Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon)
• Best Screenplay: T.E.B. Clarke (The Lavender Hill Mob)

References

External links

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1951