Marty (1955)
It's the love story of an unsung hero!
Director: Delbert Mann · Writer: Paddy Chayefsky
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.
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Trailer
Director
Delbert Mann
Cast
Ernest Borgnine
Marty 
Betsy Blair
Clara 
Esther Minciotti
Mrs. Piletti 
Augusta Ciolli
Aunt Catherine 
Joe Mantell
Angie 
Karen Steele
Virginia 
Jerry Paris
Tommy 
James Bell
Mr. Snyder (uncredited) 
John Beradino
Man in Bar (uncredited) 
Charles Cane
Lou (uncredited) 
Paddy Chayefsky
Leo (uncredited) 
John Dennis
Andy (uncredited) User Reviews (1)
Summary: 7/10: a well-crafted slice of 1950s life that earns its Best Picture Oscar even if much of it feels like anthropology now. Funny, amusing, and quite dated, but an enjoyable watch anyway. Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning screenplay, expanded from his own television play, captures a specific moment in working-class Bronx life with sharp ear for dialogue and genuine affection for its characters, even when those characters are casually cruel to each other in ways that feel distinctly of their era. Ernest Borgnine is wonderful as Marty, the lonely butcher who's been told he's too ugly, too boring, too old to find love. Borgnine brings vulnerability and dignity to a man who's internalized everyone else's low opinion of him, and when he meets Clara at a dance, you believe completely in his cautious hope. Betsy Blair matches him perfectly as Clara, a schoolteacher equally convinced…
