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The Bachelor Party

  • 1957
  • Approved
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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The Bachelor Party (1957)
Drama

Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential in... Read allFive office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential in expressing their concerns and hopes.Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential in expressing their concerns and hopes.

  • Director
    • Delbert Mann
  • Writer
    • Paddy Chayefsky
  • Stars
    • Don Murray
    • E.G. Marshall
    • Nancy Marchand
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    928
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Delbert Mann
    • Writer
      • Paddy Chayefsky
    • Stars
      • Don Murray
      • E.G. Marshall
      • Nancy Marchand
    • 33User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Top Cast27

    Don Murray
    Don Murray
    • Charlie
    E.G. Marshall
    E.G. Marshall
    • Walter
    Nancy Marchand
    Nancy Marchand
    • The Sister-in-law
    Carolyn Jones
    Carolyn Jones
    • The Existentialist
    Patricia Smith
    Patricia Smith
    • The Wife
    Larry Blyden
    Larry Blyden
    • Ken
    Philip Abbott
    Philip Abbott
    • The Groom
    Jack Warden
    Jack Warden
    • The Bachelor
    Barbara Ames
    • Girl on Stoop
    • (uncredited)
    Al Bain
    Al Bain
    • Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Benjie Bancroft
    • Greenwich Village Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    George Calliga
    George Calliga
    • Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Norma Arden Campbell
    • Stripteaser
    • (uncredited)
    Dan Dowling
    • Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Kruger
    Paul Kruger
    • Greenwich Village Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Judith Malina
    Judith Malina
    • Long-hair Village intellectual
    • (uncredited)
    John Marlin
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Sol Murgi
    Sol Murgi
    • Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Delbert Mann
    • Writer
      • Paddy Chayefsky
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews33

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Carolyn Jones nearly quit the film due to difficulties with the script. After some unsuccessful rehearsals she approached screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky and said, "You're going to have to get another actress because I don't know how to play this part. I don't know a girl who would say lines like these". Surprisingly, the headstrong Chayefsky agreed to rewrite the part for her. When Jones read her new dialogue - including the classic line "Just say you love me, you don't have to mean it" - she thought, "Now *that* girl I understand". Her performance, clocking in at just over six minutes, earned Jones an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.
    • Goofs
      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
      • [Charlie is trying to kiss a girl he just met]
      • The Existentialist: Just say you love me.
      • Charlie Samson: [confused] What?
      • The Existentialist: Just say you love me. You don't have to mean it.
      • [Charlie tries to kiss her, but she fights him off]
      • Charlie Samson: What's the matter?
      • The Existentialist: Say you love me.
      • Charlie Samson: Oh, come on.
      • The Existentialist: Say you love me.
      • Charlie Samson: Come on.
      • The Existentialist: No!
      • Charlie Samson: I love you, I love you!
      • [they madly embrace and kiss passionately]
    • Connections
      Featured in Playboy: The Story of X (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Saturday Night Mambo
      (uncredited)
      from Marty (1955)
      Music by Roy Webb

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    Details

    • Release date
      • April 10, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Junggesellenparty
    • Filming locations
      • Stuyvesant Town, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Exterior of apartment buildings used for Charlie and his wife's place of residence)
    • Production companies
      • Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
      • Norma Productions
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $750,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 32m(92 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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