Plot:Wikipedia wrote:Marty is a 1955 American film directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. The film was adapted from a teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky that was telecast live May 24, 1953, on The Goodyear Television Playhouse, with Rod Steiger in the title role.
The film enjoyed international success, winning the 1955 Academy Award for Best Picture and becoming the second American film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Marty and The Lost Weekend (1945) are the only two films to win both organizations' grand prizes.
Marty is a 34-year-old butcher whose Italian family is constantly after him to get married. He meets plain-looking schoolteacher Clara. They are both lonely, unglamorous people who have resigned themselves to their unloved lives. But they manage, in time, to grope their way to love. Written by alfiehitchie
Cast
(Complete credited cast)
Esther Minciotti ... Mrs. Piletti
Augusta Ciolli ... Aunt Catherine
Joe Mantell ... Angie
Karen Steele ... Virginia
Jerry Paris ... Tommy
Betsy Blair ... Clara
Ernest Borgnine ... Marty