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The Bachelor Party

Play trailer Poster for The Bachelor Party Released Apr 10, 1957 1h 33m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Bookkeeper Charlie Samson (Don Murray) is attending night school to become an accountant when he finds out his wife, Helen (Patricia Smith), is pregnant. The news upsets Charlie because he believes a baby will prevent him from continuing his studies. His reservations come out during a wild and drunken bachelor party for his nervous work friend, Arnold (Philip Abbott). When single man Eddie (Jack Warden) steers the group to parties and strip clubs, Charlie becomes tempted to stray from his wife.

Critics Reviews

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Bosley Crowther New York Times The one thing that makes the pathos of it all endurable is the cheerfulness of the writer and the director in facing up to the ironies. That and the excellent performances all the actors give. Mar 25, 2006 Full Review André Bazin L'Éducation Nationale Unfortunately, I do not have enough space here to analyze the numerous other sociological lessons offered by this extremely rich film, whose mise-en-scene is brilliant at the same time as it appears to be "neutral." Dec 8, 2021 Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Another TV luminary, Paddy Chayefsky, has written a worthy successor to his famous Marty, although it doesn't pack as much emotional appeal as its predecessor. Oct 14, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Semi-effective effort of writer Chayefsky and director Delbert Mann to repeat the success of their Oscar winning Marty, this melodrama is verbose and pretentious, though acting by Don Murray and Carolyn Jones is good. Rated: C+ Mar 23, 2012 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews This bachelor party is as much fun as riding the NYC subway late at night without a cop in sight. Rated: C+ May 2, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This is an amazing movie as good as Marty! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review steve d Carolyn Jones's small role is all it has going for it but boy is she good. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member needs a tad more funny Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Selfish, reprehensible men do selfish, reprehensible things and the viewer is supposed to care. Good acting especially by Carolyn Jones in a standout part but impossible to warm up to. A lot of sound and fury adding up to absolutely zilch. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie. Carolyn Jones deserved the Oscar. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member I stumbled on this movie while flipping channels, and I was surprised by the quality of the screenwriting until I looked it up on imdb and found that it was written by Paddy Chayefsky... who wrote "Network" nineteen years later. It's a film in the superdramatic slice-of-life "Marty"esque style briefly popular in the late fifties, but considering its melodramatic genre, it has some genuinely touching moments, and mostly due to little touches of writing which was better than it had to be. Not everything in it works for me, and I shut it off about 10 minutes from the end because I knew where it was going (or at least I *thought* it was 10 minutes from the end and I knew where it was going). For some reason I really wanted to (unfairly) compare it to "Knocked Up"... and not in "Knocked Up"'s favor. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Bookkeeper Charlie Samson (Don Murray) is attending night school to become an accountant when he finds out his wife, Helen (Patricia Smith), is pregnant. The news upsets Charlie because he believes a baby will prevent him from continuing his studies. His reservations come out during a wild and drunken bachelor party for his nervous work friend, Arnold (Philip Abbott). When single man Eddie (Jack Warden) steers the group to parties and strip clubs, Charlie becomes tempted to stray from his wife.
Director
Delbert Mann
Producer
Harold Hecht, James Hill, Burt Lancaster
Screenwriter
Paddy Chayefsky
Distributor
United Artists
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 10, 1957, Original
Runtime
1h 33m