Marty (1955)

Release date: 1955-06-10
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Delbert Mann
Production Co: Hecht-Lancaster Productions
Genre: Romance, Drama
Rating: 7.7/10
Length: 1h 30min

Storyline

Stuck as the last of six children at home with an overbearing Italian mother, the only child still unmarried, 34 year old socially awkward Bronx butcher Marty faces middle age with no prospects of marriage, and he faces permanent bachelorhood. But when he is goaded by his mother into going to the Stardust Ballroom one Saturday night, Marty unexpectedly meets Clara, a lonely teacher. Suddenly, Marty's future seems bright.

Plot Keywords

dance hall, bus stop, dancing, italian american, date, overbearing mother, teacher, butcher, love, widow, mother in law daughter in law relationship, sister sister relationship, friendship, new york city, shyness, midlife crisis, bar, loneliness, boredom, aunt

Short Review

It gives an utterly authentic picture of life in the New York Bronx district... while at the same time carrying us away by a love story that in its simple manner is more touching than many of the screen's more glamorous ones.