# Marty (1955)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [December 7, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marty-1955/994211 "2023-12-07T02:23:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marty-1955/994211/23 "2023-12-25T00:49:36Z")

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From 12 years ago or so:

> [@Marty (1955) Oscar winner starring Ernest Borgnine: Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marty-1955-oscar-winner-starring-ernest-borgnine-discussion/567106):
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> I DVR’d this a while ago off TCM and finally watched it last night. I have heard about, known about, saw clips from it and seen the cultural references to it all over the place. \*Quizshow \*came to mind immediately. Angie: What do you wanna do tonight? Marty Pilletti: I dunno, Angie. What do you wanna do? These famous lines are something I think I have always known and knew they were from Marty. It is one of those films I think that pervades the American conscious like a Casablanca, On the Wate…

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