The Bachelor Party

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The Bachelor Party is a 1957 American drama film, adapted from Paddy Chayefsky’s teleplay, that explores the anxieties and disillusionment of a group of men during a night out before one friend’s wedding.

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instanceOf American drama film
film
adaptationType television-to-film adaptation
associatedWith Delbert Mann filmography
Paddy Chayefsky
surface form: Paddy Chayefsky filmography
basedOn The Bachelor Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Bachelor Party (teleplay)
cinematographyBy Joseph LaShelle
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dialogueStyle naturalistic dialogue
director Delbert Mann
distributor United Artists
editedBy Marjorie Fowler NERFINISHED
era Golden Age of American television adaptations
filmFormat black-and-white film
filmingLocation New York City
genre drama film
mainCharacter Adam Storke
surface form: Charlie Samson

Eddie
Helen Samson NERFINISHED
musicBy Alex North
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
nomineeInCategory Carolyn Jones NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
plotSummary The Bachelor Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Bachelor Party follows a group of male office workers on a night out before one of them marries, revealing their anxieties, frustrations, and disillusionment with marriage and modern life.
producer Burt Lancaster
Harold Hecht NERFINISHED
productionCompany Hecht-Lancaster Productions
surface form: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
releaseDate 1957-06-09
releaseYear 1957
runtimeMinutes 92
screenplayStyle realist drama
screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky
setting New York City
starred Carolyn Jones ONNED1
Don Murray NERFINISHED
E. G. Marshall
Jack Warden
Larry Blyden
Nancy Marchand
Nita Talbot
Patricia Smith
Philip Abbott NERFINISHED
teleplayAuthor Paddy Chayefsky
televisionOrigin Philco Television Playhouse teleplay
theme conformity and middle-class life
fear of commitment
male anxiety
marital disillusionment
timePeriod 1950s
title The Bachelor Party self-link

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Paddy Chayefsky notableWork The Bachelor Party
Delbert Mann notableWork The Bachelor Party
Delbert Mann directed The Bachelor Party
The Bachelor Party title The Bachelor Party self-link
The Bachelor Party basedOn The Bachelor Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Bachelor Party (teleplay)
The Bachelor Party plotSummary The Bachelor Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Bachelor Party follows a group of male office workers on a night out before one of them marries, revealing their anxieties, frustrations, and disillusionment with marriage and modern life.
Ruth Nelson notableWork The Bachelor Party