Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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. He then meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher. Realising their emotional connection, Marty promises to call, but family and friends try to convince him not to.
- italian american
- bachelor
- marriage
- butcher
- teacher
- love
- crying
- dating
- overbearing mother
- dance hall
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Joe Mantell — Angie
- Karen Steele — Virginia
- Jerry Paris — Tommy
- James Bell — Mr. Snyder (uncredited)
- John Beradino — Man in Bar (uncredited)
- Charles Cane — Lou (uncredited)
- Paddy Chayefsky — Leo (uncredited)
- John Dennis — Andy (uncredited)
- Walter Kelley — Kid (uncredited)
- Doris Kemper — (uncredited)
- John Milford — (uncredited)
- Directed
- Delbert Mann
- Written
- Paddy Chayefsky
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 462 ratings
- Studio
- Hecht-Lancaster Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
