5th New York Film Critics Circle Awards
December 27, 1939
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Best Film:
Wuthering Heights
The 5th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 27 December 1939, honored the best
film
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making of
1939.
Winners
*Best Picture:
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Wuthering Heights''
*Runner-up – ''
Gone with the Wind'' and ''
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington''
*Best Actor:
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James Stewart – ''
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington''
*Best Actress:
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Vivien Leigh – ''
Gone with the Wind''
*Best Director:
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John Ford
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Stagecoach
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*Best Foreign Film:
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Harvest (Regain)'' •
France
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References
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