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| United Artists | Release Date: April 11, 1955 |
Starring:
Augusta Ciolli, Betsy Blair, Ernest Borgnine, Esther Minciotti, James Bell, Jerry Paris, Joe Bell, Joe Mantell, John Beradino, Karen Steele
Summary:
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
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Marty is a must-see picture. [11 Jan 1956, p.6]
There is not one word, one scene in the whole thing that doesn't ring the bell of truth, and anyone seeing it should emerge from the theater with a sense of satisfation rare in the movie-going experience. To put it simply, Marty is great. [18 Jun 1955, p.4]
Marty will give you a heartening slice of life, full of honesty and humor. [24 Oct 1955, p.7]
This 1955 example of kitchen-sink realism about the awakening love life of a Bronx butcher (Ernest Borgnine) and his shy girlfriend (Betsy Blair), directed by Delbert Mann, has never been popular with auteurists, but Paddy Chayevsky’s script, adapted from his own TV play, shows his flair for dialogue at its best, and the film manages to be touching, if minor.
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You have to have considerable tolerance to make it through Chayefsky's repetitive dialogue, his insistence on the humanity of "little" people, and his attempt to create poetry out of humble, drab conversations.
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