The Bachelor Party

The Bachelor Party (1957)

They'll live it up tonight!

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.

Date of release
1957-04-09
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
Director
Delbert Mann

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

The Bachelor Party is a 1957 American drama film directed by Delbert Mann and adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from his 1953 teleplay. The film stars Don Murray and co-stars E. G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Phil Abbott, Larry Blyden, Patricia Smith, and Carolyn Jones. Jones was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of an outwardly carefree party girl who is actually very lonely.

Production

In a 1955 essay about The Bachelor Party, Chayefsky questioned the soundness of his original teleplay:I am not sure to this day where the basic approach was wrong; but obviously the line of the story is six inches off from beginning to end, and the third-act resolution is hardly an inevitable outgrowth of the preceding two acts....

He then praised Delbert Mann for his sensitive direction which, in Chayefsky's view, masked some of the story's structural weaknesses.

The film's costumes were designed by Mary Grant, and music composed by Paul Mertz, with uncredited assistance from Alex North. The soundtrack featured songs by Irving Gordon and Roy Webb.

The Bachelor Party's subject matter raised censorship concerns. The Catholic Legion of Decency gave it a "B" rating, adding that "only a positive conclusion averts a more stringent classification." The film also faced complaints from Hollywood's Production Code Administration (PCA), which objected to the "suggestion of abortion and the intended extramarital affair." The filmmakers opted to defy the PCA and leave the film as is, resulting in the w…

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