Date 1971 | ||
Best Actor Robert RedfordButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,Downhill Racer, andTell Them Willie Boy Is Here Best Actress Katharine RossButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid andTell Them Willie Boy Is Here Most nominations Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid &Ryan's Daughter (10) | ||
The 24th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1971, honoured the best films of 1970.The awards were held at the Royal Albert Hall, London and held on 4 March 1971. For the first time, the Society bestowed a Fellowship on someone who had left a permanent influence on the world of the big or small screen. The very first BAFTA Fellowship Award was bestowed on Alfred Hitchcock Fellowship Award at this award event from HRH The Princess Anne.
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Best Film
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best Actor
Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Downhill Racer and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Best Actress
Katharine Ross in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Best Supporting Actor
Colin Welland in Kes
Best Supporting Actress
Susannah York in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Direction
George Roy Hill for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best Screenplay
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - William Goldman