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Synopsis
Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning slice-of-life drama is a heartwarming story about Marty Pilletti (Ernest Borgnine), a lonely Bronx butcher. Marty is a burly but gentle man, easing into middle age without much hope for romance or a career. He lives at home with his mother (Esther Minciotti), a kind but life-smothering woman, and a small circle of dead-end friends. Marty has no self-confidence and feels he's dumpy and unattractive. While it takes some doing, Marty's friends finally convince him to go to a local dance with them and try to pick up girls. At the dance he meets a plain-looking schoolteacher named Clara (Betsy Blair), whose life appears to mirror his own. He asks Clara to dance and soon they are dating. But to Marty's surprise and frustration, his friends put her down and his mother is hostile to her. Swayed by his friends and his mother, he doesn't call Clara back. But sitting alone at home watching television one night, Marty decides he has had enough, and defying his enclosed little world, he picks up the phone and gives Clara a call. As Marty shouts to his friends, "You don't like her. My mother don't like her. She's a dog. And I'm a fat, ugly man. Well, all I know is I had a good time last night ... You don't like her? That's too bad!" ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

Betsy Blair Clara Snyder
Ernest Borgnine Marty Pilletti
Augusta Ciolli Catherine
Joe Mantell Angie
Esther Minciotti Mrs. Pilletti
Robin Morse Joe
Karen Steele Virginia
Frank Sutton Ralph
Jerry Paris Thomas
Walter Kelley The Kid

Production Crew

Joseph La Shelle Cinematographer
Roy Webb Composer (Music Score)
Norma Costume Designer
Delbert Mann Director
Alan Crosland, Jr. Editor
Burt Lancaster Producer
Harold Hecht Producer
Edward S. Haworth Production Designer
Walter M. Simonds Production Designer
Paddy Chayefsky Screenwriter
Year: 1955
Runtime: 91
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama
Romance

Produced by
United Artists

Awards
1955 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1955 - Best Picture - Academy
1955 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1955 - Palme d'Or - Cannes International Film Festival
1955 - Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival
1955 - Best Picture - New York Film Critics Circle
1955 - Best Picture - Academy
1955 - Best Film - Any Source - British Academy Awards
1955 - Best Film - Any Source - British Academy of Film and Television
1955 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1993 - U.S. National Film Registry - Library of Congress