The Contenders:
Jack Lemmon: The Apartment
Burt Lancaster: Elmer Gantry (winner)
Laurence Olivier: The Entertainer
Spencer Tracy: Inherit the Wind
Trevor Howard: Sons and Lovers
![Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1960]( "Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actor 1960")
Jack Lemmon: The Apartment
Burt Lancaster: Elmer Gantry (winner)
Laurence Olivier: The Entertainer
Spencer Tracy: Inherit the Wind
Trevor Howard: Sons and Lovers
What’s Missing
There are some surprising misses from 1960 Best Actor. Leading off is Kirk Douglas in Spartacus, which seems like an absolutely natural choice for the category. Albert Finney’s work in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning would seem to be the sort ...