The Catered Affair (1956)

NR06/14/1956Drama, Comedy, Romance1h 34m
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When you're in love, nothing else matters

Overview

An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Bette Davis

    Mrs. Agnes Hurley

  2. Cast 1

    Ernest Borgnine

    Tom Hurley

  3. Cast 1

    Debbie Reynolds

    Jane Hurley

  4. Cast 1

    Barry Fitzgerald

    Uncle Jack Conlon

  5. Cast 1

    Rod Taylor

    Ralph Halloran

  6. Cast 1

    Robert F. Simon

    Mr. Joe Halloran

  7. Cast 1

    Madge Kennedy

    Mrs. Joe Halloran

  8. Cast 1

    Dorothy Stickney

    Mrs. Rafferty

  9. Cast 1

    Carol Veazie

    Mrs. Casey

Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine are cracking in this really rather agonising drama of a couple who must reconcile their own (differing) aspirations for their daughter's forthcoming wedding with their reputations and their pocket books - and the peer pressures of neighbours and their soon-to-be in-laws alike. Initially, the young couple "Jane" (Debbie Reynolds) and "Ralph" (Rod Taylor) just want a simple ceremony to save everyone fuss, hassle and money. When his father offers them an apartment, and her neighbours start to wonder about the "haste" of it all, Davis ("Aggie") convinces thrifty hus...