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.

• DirectorDelbert Mann
• Release11 April 1955
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 30m
• Budget$343,000
• Revenue$3,000,000
• Rate
  

  7.441
  405 reviews
• Productions

  United Artists, Hecht-Lancaster Productions