Fresh
It's a warm, human, sometimes sentimental and an enjoyable experience.
Ronald Holloway, Variety
Marty
It's the love story of an unsung hero!
1955 · 1h 30m · Approved
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Delbert Mann
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Marty
Overview
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. He then meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher. Realising their emotional connection, Marty promises to call, but family and friends try to convince him not to.
Director and cast
- Delbert Mann Director
- Ernest Borgnine as Marty
- Betsy Blair as Clara
- Esther Minciotti as Mrs. Piletti
- Augusta Ciolli as Aunt Catherine
- Joe Mantell as Angie
- Karen Steele as Virginia
- Jerry Paris as Tommy
- James Bell as Mr. Snyder (uncredited)
- John Beradino as Man in Bar (uncredited)
- Charles Cane as Lou (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Paddy Chayevsky's script, adapted from his own TV play, shows his flair for dialogue at its best, and the film manages to be touching, if minor.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It does have doggy charm and a certain perceptiveness.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
A warm and winning film, full of the sort of candid comment on plain, drab people that seldom reaches the screen.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Ernest Borgnine as Marty lives up to all the promise he showed as the sadist in From Here to Eternity, and at the same time brilliantly shatters the type-cast he molded for himself in that picture.
TIME Magazine
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