Movie · 1955
Marty
“It's the love story of an unsung hero!”
Released 11 April 1955 90 min Drama / Romance More from 1955 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Esther Minciotti
as Mrs. Theresa Piletti
James Bell
as Mr. Snyder (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
as Mrs. Rosari (uncredited)
Doris Kemper
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Charles Cane
as Lou - Bartender (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Augusta Ciolli
as Aunt Catherine
Joe Mantell
as Angie
Ernest Borgnine
as Marty Piletti
John Beradino
as Man in Bar (uncredited)
John Dennis
as Andy (uncredited)
Paddy Chayefsky
as Leo (uncredited)
Walter Kelley
as The Kid (uncredited)
Betsy Blair
as Clara Snyder
Jerry Paris
as Tommy
John Milford
as (uncredited)
Karen Steele
as Virginia
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The numbers
8.7×$0m budget became $3m at the box office
43years between the oldest and youngest billed
67Esther Minciotti — oldest on the call sheet
24Karen Steele — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast