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The Bachelor Party   1957         N/R, 92 min. Genre: Drama Director: Delbert Mann   Cast: Don Murray, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Philip Abbott, Larry Blyden, Patricia Smith, Carolyn Jones, Nancy Marchand, Robert Williams, Karen Norris, Arthur Tovey, Jeffrey Sayre   Written by Paddy Chayefsky, this is the story of a rowdy bachelor party thrown for quiet bookkeeper Arnold (Philip Abbott) on the eve of his wedding. The only other bachelor in the group, Eddie (Jack Warden), has planned the bash that includes hitting bars and a porn theater. During the course of the evening, the married men—Walter (E.G. Marshall) and Charlie (Don Murray)—reveal their own marital difficulties, and Charlie must decide whether or not to cheat on his wife with a beatnik (Carolyn Jones) who he meets at a Greenwich Village party. By the end of the bachelor party, the guest-of-honor as well as the party givers are affected by their night of revelry. Carolyn Jones was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Cast Don Murray Charlie Samson E.G. Marshall Walter Jack Warden Eddie Watkins Philip Abbott Arnold Craig Larry Blyden Kenneth Patricia Smith Helen Samson Carolyn Jones The Existentialist Nancy Marchand Mrs. Julie Samson Robert Williams Bartender Karen Norris Hostess Arthur Tovey Landlord Jeffrey Sayre Party Guest