Marty

1955 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 28,465 VOTES · DIR. Delbert Mann

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,028 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:31 - Hello, Sam. - Hiya, Marty.
00:04:13 - They shouldn't sell magazines like this. - Imagine the effect it has on adolescents.
00:07:09 My mother, boy, she drives me crazy.
00:09:58 But I tell you right now, if Caterina wants to come and live here with Marty and me
00:12:58 We'll work out an arrangement about my mother. I wanna pay you...
00:17:38 Ma, it's just a big dance hall, that's all. I been there a hundred times.
00:22:02 Herb, I told you she wasn't especially attractive, but she had a lot of charm.
00:29:06 Now and then some fellow would kind of come up to me and then change his mind.
00:32:32 I got a pain in my hip and my right arm aches so much I can't sleep.
00:35:27 I know it pains.
00:38:40 My old man played cards with him and some other guys. He was a Jewish fella.
00:43:05 I used to walk the streets till three, four o'clock in the mornin'.
00:46:41 I... I really should get home.
00:50:59 You're livin' at home now and you've got your father and mother there.
00:54:56 They had a statue of a woman and there was whisky spoutin' out of her mouth.
00:59:07 I'll just get a pack of cigarettes.
01:03:15 Hey!
01:08:45 because I wanna see him?
01:11:59 So, Tom, like I was tellin' you when you was over here
01:15:06 Then he's gonna say to you "Hey, Ma. Why we need this old house?"
01:18:34 Probably not gonna see her again anyhow.
01:22:36 Anybody wanna go down Van Courtland Park, watch the ball games?
01:26:19 You know, he scares the life out of me.
11:11:03 as soon as I get out of mass.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,028
Dialogue density11.4 lines / min
First line00:01:31
Final line11:11:03

Production Record

DirectorDelbert Mann
LanguageEnglish
Budget$343,000
Revenue$3,000,000
IMDb votes28,465