At the end of Marty, the 39–year–old title character (played by Ernest Borgnine) has finally decided to ignore the carping of his friends and family, and plucked up his courage to telephone his date to propose to her. Of course, we don't know how she responds ...
Borgnine won the Best Actor Oscar for his role; the film won Best Picture, and Delbert Mann won Best Director (for his first film – which was based on the script of a television drama that he also directed).
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