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Overview

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7.0/10   249 votes
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Director:
Delbert Mann
Writers:
Paddy Chayefsky (screenplay)
Paddy Chayefsky (story)
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Release Date:
10 April 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
They'll live it up tonight!
Plot:
Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Good 50s buddy movie more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Don Murray ... Charlie Samson

E.G. Marshall ... Walter

Jack Warden ... Eddie Watkins
Philip Abbott ... Arnold Craig
Larry Blyden ... Kenneth
Patricia Smith ... Helen Samson

Carolyn Jones ... The Existentialist
Nancy Marchand ... Mrs. Julie Samson
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Additional Details

Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #18416) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Movie debut of Nancy Marchand. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the subway scene, the moving image through the window behind the actors is not synchronized with the images seen through the windows further down the train. more
Quotes:
The Existentialist: My new landlord kept telling me he was in love with me. I said, "How existentialist can you get? You just met me five minutes ago." more

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Good 50s buddy movie, 5 March 2009
8/10
Author: Jason Alredge (netlover1982@netzero.net) from United States

Well, let's see. I watched this movie on TCM over a year ago. "The Bachelor Party" featured a number of good actors of their time. One of them is Jack Warden who plays the seemingly contented eternal bachelor. He's very human in this role & flawed, which I liked about him in the movie. Don Murray who plays basically the main character is very good as well as this married guy who feels like his life is going faster than he can handle. "The Bachelor Party " is in a way "Diner" is with this commodity between men. The writing is a bit more slate than in "Diner", but also more realistic. Now as to how Carolyn Jones got an Oscar for her role I will never know since her character really doesn't contribute much to the movie's overall theme. It's like it needed a bit of female sensuality for its time. It's a shame that it's not on DVD. It should be.

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