--- title: 'Only the Lonely (1991)' type: 'film' director: 'Chris Columbus' released: '1991-01-01' runtime_minutes: 100 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Crime' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/only-the-lonely-1991' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102598/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Only the Lonely (1991) 1991 · 100 min · Comedy, Crime, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Only the Lonely is a 1991 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Columbus, produced by John Hughes, and starring John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Quinn, and James Belushi. The film is a comedic take on the premise established in the 1953 television play Marty and the 1955 film Marty, while the title comes from the song "Only the Lonely" by Roy Orbison. The story follows a bachelor police officer who is looking to settle down and start a family with a mortuary beautician, while coping with his controlling mother who wants him all to herself. ## Credits - **Director:** [Chris Columbus](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-columbus) - **Screenplay:** [Chris Columbus](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-columbus) - **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre) - **Producer:** [John Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hughes) - **Director of Photography:** [Julio Macat](https://cinepixo.com/people/julio-macat) - **Editor:** [Raja Gosnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/raja-gosnell) ## Cast - [Macaulay Culkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/macaulay-culkin) - [Kevin Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-dunn) - [Anthony Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-quinn) - [Jim Belushi](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-belushi) - [Ally Sheedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ally-sheedy) - [Kieran Culkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kieran-culkin) - [Bert Remsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-remsen) - [John Davis Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-davis-chandler) - [Milo O'Shea](https://cinepixo.com/people/milo-o-shea) - [Maureen O'Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-o-hara) - [John Candy](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-candy) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/only-the-lonely-1991 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1548602); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.