The Bachelor Party (1957)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Delbert Mann

Writers:

Paddy Chayefsky (screenplay)
Paddy Chayefsky (story)

Release Date:

10 April 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

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...

Plot Keywords:

Bachelor | Pregnant Wife | Bachelor Party | Male Virgin | Ensemble Film

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations

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

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #18416) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Company:

Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions

Trivia:

Movie debut of Nancy Marchand.

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.

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."

Movie Connections:

Remake of "The Philco Television Playhouse: The Bachelor Party (#6.2)" (1953)

Good 50s buddy movie

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.