| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Won | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Ernest Borgnine |
| Best Director Delbert Mann | |||
| Best Picture Harold Hecht | |||
| Best Writing, Screenplay Paddy Chayefsky | |||
| Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role Joe Mantell | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Betsy Blair | |||
| Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White Ted Haworth Walter M. Simonds Robert Priestley | |||
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Joseph LaShelle | |||
Directed by Delbert Mann
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)
Ernest Borgnine is a butcher in New York City. At 34, he lives with his mother, hangs out with losers at bars and wonders why he can't find a wife. One night he meets his soul mate at the Stardust Ballroom, a homely schoolteacher played by Betsy Blair. After some awkward moments between the socially-impaired couple, they spend most of the night walking the streets and talking. Amazed that they have found each other, they desperately make another date for the next night. Feeling threatened, Borgnine's mother and "friends" ridicule the girl the next day. They almost convince him not to call her again, but he soon realizes his mistake, saving the girl from a night in front of the TV crying. Sentimental to a fault, and dated, but hard to dislike characters that are this real if a bit naive.
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