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The Catered Affair (1956)
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Overview
Release Date:
14 June 1956 (USA) moreTagline:
When you're in love, nothing else matters morePlot:
At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Family Drama | Husband Wife Relationship | Marriage | Family Conflict | Cab Driver moreAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
very good acting all around moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Bette Davis | ... | Mrs. Agnes Hurley | |
| Ernest Borgnine | ... | Tom Hurley | |
| Debbie Reynolds | ... | Jane Hurley | |
| Barry Fitzgerald | ... | Uncle Jack Conlon | |
| Rod Taylor | ... | Ralph Halloran | |
| Robert F. Simon | ... | Mr. Halloran (as Robert Simon) | |
| Madge Kennedy | ... | Mrs. Halloran | |
| Dorothy Stickney | ... | Mrs. Rafferty | |
| Carol Veazie | ... | Mrs. Casey | |
| Joan Camden | ... | Alice Scanlon | |
| Ray Stricklyn | ... | Eddie Hurley | |
| Jay Adler | ... | Sam Leiter | |
| Dan Tobin | ... | Hotel Caterer | |
| Paul Denton | ... | Bill | |
| Augusta Merighi | ... | Mrs. Musso |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
92 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #17915)MOVIEmeter: 
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Factual errors: Real-life radio soap opera "The Romance of Helen Trent" is heard on radio while members of Hurley family are waking up, eating breakfast and preparing to go off to work; in reality, radio soaps weren't broadcast until late mornings/ afternoons and/or evenings. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Bridge Attendant: Boy, Tom how's the taxi business?
Tom Hurley: How's the bridge business?
Bridge Attendant: One more day like this, I'll own the bridge.
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This movie has an okay plot--a guy wants to buy a cab license and his wife is insistent that they instead use the money on an over-priced wedding. But the movie is more than just a tissue-thin plot. Instead, the real story is that the acting and writing for the characters are so good that these all seem like real-life people--not like people acting. Ernest Borgnine--just coming off his success in MARTY, does a great job as the husband. Bette Davis is also exceptional as the mom. Debbie Reynolds could have been over-shadowed by these two fine actors but she manages to also come across quite well. The story is a bit simple and slow-moving and some may cringe at the painful family squabbling (though it never degenerates to outright cruelty--you know down deep they do care about each other). But, the acting pulls it all together.