Borgnine was excellent in the movie and it made him a star.
Ernest Borgnine played “Marty’’, not Rod Steiger.
Didn’t know Marty was originally a tv production. I can definitely see Steiger in the role, though. Steiger was a phenomenal actor.
Loved the Borgnine movie, too. Frank Sutton (Sgt. Carter from Gomer Pyle) has a decent-sized part as one of Marty’s friends.
I liked it but didn’t think It was an Oscar winner. But that’s just me. but I remember those nights at the club as I got older thinking what am I doing here.
Yeah that was a fantastic movie, saw it a long long long long long time ago.
Borgnine made it past 95, and was apparently in good health until the end. Good run.
Worked in a movie with Rod. He was a nice guy and we talked for hours about alcoholism. He told me his life story.
If you like drab and depressing you’ll love Marty.
I could never understand why Marty and his friends termed Clara a ‘dog’. Clara (Betsy Blair) was pretty, nice and intelligent.
It was Marty and his friends who were ‘dogs’.
That just didn’t compute. They should have used a less attractive actress or done something to ‘ugly up’ Betsy Blair.