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. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.
Ernest Borgnine | Marty Piletti | |
Betsy Blair | Clara Snyder | |
Esther Minciotti | Teresa Piletti | |
Augusta Ciolli | Aunt Catherine | |
Joe Mantell | Angie | |
Karen Steele | Virginia | |
Jerry Paris | Tommy | |
James Bell | Mr. Snyder | |
Joe Bell | Undetermined Secondary Role | |
John Beradino | Man in Bar | |
Nick Brkich | Bachelor | |
Brad Brown | Club Patron | |
Marvin Bryan | Herbie | |
Charles Cane | Lou | |
Paddy Chayefsky | Leo | |
Bud Cokes | Club Worker | |
John Dennis | Andy | |
Steven Hecht | Six-Year-Old Boy | |
Paul Hoffman | Man in Bar | |
Walter Kelley | The Kid | |
Doris Kemper | Undetermined Secondary Role | |
Jack Klugman | Bar Patron | |
John Milford | Undetermined Secondary Role | |
Silvio Minciotti | Butcher | |
Robin Morse | Joe |
Director | Delbert Mann | |
Writer | Paddy Chayefsky | |
Producer | Paddy Chayefsky, Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster | |
Musician | Roy Webb | |
Photography | Joseph LaShelle |