Marty and Clara spend the evening together dancing, walking the busy streets, and talking in a diner. Marty eagerly spills out his life story and ambitions, and they encourage each other. He takes Clara …

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 …

Bronx butcher Marty meets a teacher and finds love, but must choose between his family’s expectations and a relationship that could change his life.

May 11, 2026 · After a long career in comedy, Martin Short shares his story of "love, loss and survival" in a new Netflix documentary, Marty, Life Is Short.

May 20, 2021 · Directed by Delbert Mann. With Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair and Esther Minciotti.Marty Blu-ray (Kino Lorber) https://www.kinolorber.com/product/marty-special...

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.

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 …

It's the love story of an unsung hero! 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 …

May 10, 2026 · For more than 50 years, he's been a bright spot on any stage or screen, with that crazy energy and that singular smile. And when you know what Martin Short has endured in private, his …

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.