- 1955
- TV-PG
- United Artists
- 1 h 30 m
SummaryA 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.
Directed By:Delbert Mann
Written By:Paddy Chayefsky
Marty
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
82
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
My Score
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Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
82
94% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
Marty is full of magic; all through the show you find yourself thinking, "That's me up there." [15 Aug 1955, p.4B]
By Dick Banks
100
Marty is a must-see picture. [11 Jan 1956, p.6]
By Edwin Schallert
88
Paddy Chayefsky, who wrote the script, has captured the human element deftly. Here are human beings as they really are, refreshingly life-like, piteously real, and often hilariously funny. [16 May 1955, p.15]
By Mae Tinee
80
Marty makes a warm and winning film, full of the sort of candid comment on plain, drab people that seldom reaches the screen.
80
Enormously influential, it spawned Hollywood's interest in smaller scale, prosaic dramas, few of which failed to match its resonance.
75
It is a sentimental, heart-warming, simple story of a couple of ugly ducklings who find compensation for their lack of good looks in each other's love.
50
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.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
91% Positive
10 Ratings
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9% Mixed
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Apr 4, 2026
10
What’s wrong with reaching the age of 30 without having got married, or at least been engaged? A simple idea that gave rise to one of the iconic films of the 1950s, and incidentally one of Ernest Borgnine’s most distinctive roles. You simply have to see it, if only out of curiosity.
Report
Production Company:
- Hecht-Lancaster Productions
- Steven Productions
Release Date:Apr 11, 1955
Duration:1 h 30 m
Rating:TV-PG
Tagline:EVERYBODY'S RAVING ABOUT "MARTY" . . . The year's BIG entertainment surprise a warm and human story with characters you'll love and remember!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 4 Wins & 8 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
