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 friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.

• United Artists
• Hecht-Lancaster Productions
• Ernest Borgnine
• Betsy Blair
• Esther Minciotti
• Augusta Ciolli
• Joe Mantell
• Karen Steele
• Jerry Paris
• James Bell