The Catered Affair

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

Cast

Bette Davis

as Agnes Hurley

Ernest Borgnine

as Tom Hurley

Debbie Reynolds

as Jane Hurley

Barry Fitzgerald

as Jack Conlon

Rod Taylor

as Ralph Halloran

Robert F. Simon

as Mr. Halloran

Madge Kennedy

as Mrs. Halloran

Dorothy Stickney

as Mrs. Rafferty

Carol Veazie

as Mrs. Casey

Joan Camden

as Alice

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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-la...

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