Marty eagerly spills out his life story and ambitions, and they encourage each other. He takes Clara to his house, where he awkwardly tries to kiss her and is rebuffed.

Marty: Directed by Delbert Mann. With Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli. A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance …

Ernest Borgnine stars as Marty, a lonely Bronx butcher who gives up on love -- until he meets an equally lonely school teacher in this charming story.

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Marty Ernest Borgnine won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as a Bronx butcher who gives up on love -- until he meets an equally lonely school teacher in this charming story that garnered a total of four …

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Dec 24, 2025 · Yet Marty, even during his darkest, most solitary moments, is also cradled by other people and by love. He is Hitler’s worst nightmare: Marty is here and he is hungrily, blissfully alive.

Ernest Borgnine won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as a Bronx butcher who gives up on love, until he meets an equally lonely school teacher in this charming story that garnered a total of four Oscars …

This acclaimed romantic drama follows the life of Marty Piletti (Ernest Borgnine), a stout bachelor butcher who lives with his mother (Esther Minciotti) in the Bronx.

Marty (1955) is the poignant, simple character study of a lonely, unmarried, lovelorn middle-aged, 34 year old son who works as a Bronx butcher and still lives with his love-smothering mother.