Rent Marty (1955)
3.8 of 5 from 137 ratings
1h 26min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- "I've been looking for a girl every Saturday night of my life", says Marty Piletti (Ernest Borgnine). Yet, despite all his efforts, this 34-year-old Bronx butcher remains as shy and uncomfortable around women today as on the day he was born. So when he meets Clara (Betsy Blair), a lonely schoolteacher who's just as smitten with him as he is with her, Marty's on top of the world. But not everyone around him shares Marty's joy. And when his friends and family continually find fault with Clara, even Marty begins to question his newfound love... until he discovers, in an extraordinary way, the strength and courage to follow his heart.
- Actors:
- Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli, Joe Mantell, Karen Steele, Jerry Paris, James Bell, Joe Bell, John Beradino, Nick Brkich, Marvin Bryan, Charles Cane, Paddy Chayefsky, John Dennis, Steven Hecht, Paul Hoffman, Walter Kelley, Doris Kemper, Jack Klugman
- Directors:
- Delbert Mann
- Producers:
- Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster
- Writers:
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Others:
- Harold Hecht, Joseph LaShelle, Robert Priestley, Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds
- Studio:
- MGM
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, From Small Screen to Silver Screen: Films Based on TV, Getting to Know: Burt Lancaster, inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, Oscar Nominations Competition 2023, Oscars: Winners & Losers, The Instant Expert's Guide to Sidney Lumet, Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top 10 Cannes Palme d'Or Winners, Top 10 Films of 1959, Top 100 AFI Passions
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/04/2018
- Run Time:
- 90 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Marty (1953) - The original teleplay broadcast on NBC in 1953, also directed by Delbert Mann and starring Rod Steiger in the title role
- A new video interview with film scholar Neil Sinyard
- Original theatrical trailer
- Archival interviews with Delbert Mann and the cast of the original teleplay (Rod Steiger, Nancy Marchand and Betsy Palmer)
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Reviews (2) of Marty
Super-Marty - Marty review by AM
This is a great little film. Simple story where nobody gets punched in the nose, about a simple everyday guy - and a nice guy. Very underrated little film, and Borgnine deserving Best Actor Oscar as the title character in this movie. Top Banana!
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
What a find! - Marty review by JK
This film is absolutely charming in every way. Ernest Borgnine well deserved his Oscar for a beautifully underplayed but utterly convincing 'Ugly Duckling' who feels he's never going to progress in the romance stakes. Betsy Blair, too, is so subtle in her portrayal of the 'dowdy' school mistress who also just wants to be appreciated for attributes other than her looks.
It's easy to see where Disney got the 'Four Crows' dialogue from in the original Jungle Book animation: "What d'you wanna do?" "I don't know. What do you wanna do?" etc. etc.
What adds to the delight is that nobody gets shot, there's no blood, graphic sex, or women sounding like they are on helium and saying "Oh My God" every other sentence.
Mama and Auntie have conversations that real Mama's and their sisters have - in fact all the characters are three (as opposed to two) dimensional.
Finally - get a load of that Tiffany-style light in Mama's dining room - It's fabulous!
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.