Marty (1955)

Directed by

Delbert Mann

Genre

romantic drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 461 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle aged unmarried butcher in the Bronx feels pressured by his family and friends to find a wife. He meets a lonely schoolteacher at a dance hall and they connect over their shared feelings of being overlooked.

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What happens

Marty is a 1955 American romantic drama film directed by Delbert Mann in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay, which was broadcast on The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse and starred Rod Steiger in the title role. The film stars Ernest Borgnine, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and Betsy Blair. It won both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or. The Lost Weekend (1945), Parasite (2019), and Anora (2024) are the only other films to win both awards. In 1994, Marty was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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