Product Details

• Actors: Bert Lytell, E.G. Marshall, Vinton Hayworth, John Baragrey, Alfred Ryder
• Directors: Arthur Penn, Delbert Mann, Fred Coe, Gordon Duff, Herbert Hirschman
• Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Rhino / Wea
• VHS Release Date: September 22, 1993
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630290210X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,898 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Marty [VHS] (1953) Bert Lytell (Actor), E.G. Marshall (Actor), Arthur Penn (Director), Delbert Mann (Director) | Rated: NR | Format: VHS

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is the better version, December 2, 2000

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S. Carmichael "soarjean" (a mountain in the south) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marty [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Rod Steiger is a better Marty. He brings an awareness of his own "plainness" that never leaves his face. The old black and white studio films for TV are grainy and hard to watch, but the emotional content of this and another favorite of mine ("Requiem for a Heavyweight" with Jack Palance) give us an intimacy and immediacy that the larger films with longer story lines don't. Also Nancy Marchand as the plain woman he comes to love is just as subtle and underplayed, her pain over her situation evident without overacting. I highly recommend this to people who like "small" films.

3 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent for it's time, February 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Marty [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw the movie version starring Ernest Borgnine, and enjoyed it very much. You can obviously see how society in the 90's is so different than it was in the 50s, these days Marty would probably be a nerdy engineer instead of a butcher. Marty's aunt's being thrown out would not happen now, because Marty's cousin's wife would be working. Also Brooklyn, doesn't have as much Italians now as it did then.