In which film did Frank Sinatra win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor?

Frank Sinatra won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity. He played Private Angelo Maggio, a rebellious soldier stationed at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Released in 1953, the film was adapted from James Jones's 1951 novel and directed by Fred Zinnemann. Sinatra's performance marked a major career turnaround after a difficult period in which his film opportunities and recording career had declined. The role's emotional intensity, especially Maggio's friendship with Robert E. Lee Prewitt, earned him widespread critical praise.

Sinatra won the 1954 Oscar ceremony's supporting-actor award, defeating nominees including Eddie Albert, Brandon deWilde, Jack Palance, and Robert Strauss. A common mix-up is to associate him with Guys and Dolls, Ocean's 11, or The Manchurian Candidate; those films are important Sinatra projects, but none earned him this Oscar.