24th British Academy Film Awards

24th BAFTA Film Awards
1971


Best Film:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The 24th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1971, honoured the best films of 1970.

Contents

Winners and nominees

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