Marty

7.5

United States Of America

Drama Romance

90 min

1955

Paddy Chayefsky Arthur Tovey Minerva Urecal Hal Taggart Frank Sutton Glenn Strange Jerry Orbach George Nardelli Silvio Minciotti John Milford John Dennis Ernest Borgnine Charles Cane John Beradino James Bell Jerry Paris Karen Steele Joe Mantell Augusta Ciolli Esther Minciotti Betsy Blair

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.