The Catered Affair

The Catered Affair

92 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | June 14, 1956

At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Jane's parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. However, at dinner that night all Ralph's parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters and everything escalates. All of a sudden, it is a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of his money is going towards a wedding neither he, or Jane or Ralph really want.

The Catered Affair

92 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | June 14, 1956

The Catered Affair
At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Jane's parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. However, at dinner that night all Ralph's parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters and everything escalates. All of a sudden, it is a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of his money is going towards a wedding neither he, or Jane or Ralph really want.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Catered Affair
Directors Richard Brooks
Writers Paddy Chayefsky, Gore Vidal

Cast

Bette Davis

as Mrs. Agnes Hurley

Ernest Borgnine

as Tom Hurley

Debbie Reynolds

as Jane Hurley

Barry Fitzgerald

as Uncle Jack Conlon

Rod Taylor

as Ralph Halloran

Robert F. Simon

as Mr. Joe Halloran

Madge Kennedy

as Mrs. Joe Halloran

Dorothy Stickney

as Mrs. Rafferty

Carol Veazie

as Mrs. Casey

Joan Camden

as Alice Scanlon

Ray Stricklyn

as Eddie Hurley

Jay Adler

as Sam Leiter

Dan Tobin

as Hotel Caterer

Paul Denton

as Bill Scanlon

Augusta Merighi

as Mrs. Musso

Mae Clarke

as Saleswoman (uncredited)

Don Devlin

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)