20th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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(announced December 28, 1954)

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The 20th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1954.

Winners

*Best Film: **'' On the Waterfront'' *Best Actor: ** Marlon Brando - '' On the Waterfront'' *Best Actress: **

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Dial M for Murder ''Dial M for Murder'' is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was b ...

'' *Best Director: ** Elia Kazan - '' On the Waterfront'' *Best Foreign Language Film: **'' Gate of Hell (Jigokumon)'' • Japan

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1954 Awards
{{NYFCC Awards Chron 1954 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1954

New York Film Critics Circle Awards The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York ''Daily News''. Its membership includes over 30 film critics from New York-based daily and weekly newspapers, magaz ...