The Bachelor Party
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| The Bachelor Party | |
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| Directed by | Delbert Mann |
| Produced by | Harold Hecht |
| Written by | Paddy Chayefsky |
| Starring | Don Murray E.G. Marshall Jack Warden Carolyn Jones |
| Music by | Paul Mertz Alex North (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | April 9, 1957 |
| Running time | 92 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | USD$38,435,947[1] |
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The Bachelor Party is a 1957 film written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Delbert Mann, with Don Murray, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, and Carolyn Jones. Jones was nominated for the 1958 Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of a party girl who is actually very lonely.
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[edit] Plot summary
Charlie Samson (Murray) is a hard-working married bookkeeper, struggling to advance himself by attending night school to become an accountant. He and four other of his bookkeeper coworkers throw a bachelor party for one of them, Arnold Craig (Abbott), who is about to get married. After the party, they decide to go partying. Charlie is Arnold's best man
Other coworkers attending the party including the older married man Walter (E.G. Marshall), and Eddie (Jack Warden) who is a happy-go-lucky bachelor. This night becomes a turning point for all five men.
Charlie find his loyalty to his wife tested during the evening, and he almost has an affair with a girl he meets at a party (Carolyn Jones). Craig becomes ambivalent about getting married, and he breaks off the wedding only to change his mind. It is clear by the end of the evening that Eddie is lonesome.
In the end, Charlie decides that married life is the way to go, and that his struggle to build a home for his wife is worthwhile, and better than the empty and lonely existance of his friend Eddie, who he used to envy.
[edit] Cast
- Don Murray as Charlie Samson
- E.G. Marshall as Walter
- Jack Warden as Eddie Watkins, the Bachelor
- Philip Abbott as Arnold Craig
- Larry Blyden as Kenneth
- Patricia Smith as Helen Samson
- Carolyn Jones as The Existentialist
- Nancy Marchand as Mrs. Julie Samson
[edit] Awards
The Bachelor Party was nominated for one Oscar, one BAFTA award, and one award at the Cannes Film Festival:[2]
| Group | Award | Won? |
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| 30th Academy Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Carolyn Jones |
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| BAFTA Award | Best Film from any Source (USA) | No |
| 1957 Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | No |
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Bachelor Party. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
- ^ Awards forThe Bachelor Party (1957). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
[edit] External links
- The Bachelor Party at the Internet Movie Database
- The Bachelor Party at the TCM Movie Database
- The Bachelor Party at Allmovie
- The Bachelor Party at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Bachelor Party at Box Office Mojo
- The Bacehelor Party screenplay at MovieScriptPlace.com
- The Bachelor Party movie posters at MoviePosterDB.com
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