Marty (1953)

Marty

1953

Drama TV Movie Romance

Synopsis

Marty Pilletti is a 36-year-old butcher who lives with his mother, who is always asking him why he doesn't find a nice girl and get married. The truth is Marty is lonely and would like nothing better, but he has low self-esteem and admits to his mother that he's ugly and no one wants him. He's tired of going to the Saturday night dance with his buddies and then going home more depressed than he was when the evening started. But at one of those dances he meets Clara. They have a great deal in common but Marty will have to overcome peer pressure if he and Clara are to have a relationship.

Credits

Director

Delbert Mann

Cast

Augusta Ciolli as Aunt Catherine

Betsy Palmer as Virginia

Esther Minciotti as Mrs. Pilletti

Howard Caine as The Bartender

Joe Mantell as Angie

Lee Philips as Tommy

Nancy Marchand as Clara

Nehemiah Persoff as The Critic