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    <documentType>4/A</documentType><periodOfReport>2003-09-29</periodOfReport><dateOfOriginalSubmission>2003-09-29</dateOfOriginalSubmission>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000720896</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MEMRY CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MRY</issuerTradingSymbol></issuer><reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001098536</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KRUSEN W ANDREW JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DFG MANAGEMENT, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>712 SOUTH OREGON AVE, STE 200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TAMPA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33606</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
<isDirector>1</isDirector><isOfficer>0</isOfficer><isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner><isOther>0</isOther></reportingOwnerRelationship></reportingOwner><nonDerivativeTable><nonDerivativeTransaction><securityTitle><value>Common Stock</value></securityTitle><transactionDate><value>2003-09-29</value></transactionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>P</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved></transactionCoding><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>7700</value></transactionShares><transactionPricePerShare><value>1.38</value></transactionPricePerShare><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>A</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>538200</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>I</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value>*</value><footnoteId id="F1"/><footnoteId id="F4"/><footnoteId id="F5"/></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeTransaction><nonDerivativeTransaction><securityTitle><value>Common Stock</value></securityTitle><transactionDate><value>2003-09-29</value></transactionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>P</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved></transactionCoding><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>2300</value></transactionShares><transactionPricePerShare><value>1.35</value></transactionPricePerShare><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>A</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>530500</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>I</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value>*</value><footnoteId id="F1"/><footnoteId id="F2"/><footnoteId id="F3"/></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeTransaction><nonDerivativeHolding><securityTitle><value>Common Stock</value></securityTitle><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>100255</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>D</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value/></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeHolding></nonDerivativeTable><footnotes><footnote id="F1">WIT Ventures, LTD. (&quot;WIT&quot;) is the direct owner of these securities.  Mr. Krusen is the President and approximately 50% shareholder of JAWIT (&quot;JAWIT&quot;).  JAWIT is the managing General Partner of WIT.</footnote><footnote id="F2">W. Andrew Krusen, Jr. is the chairman of the Executive Committee of Dominion Financial Group International LLC (&quot;DFGI LLC&quot;).  In addition, Mr. Krusen indirectly beneficially owns certain outstanding securities of DFGI LLC through WIT Ventures, Ltd. (&quot;WIT&quot;) and through DFG Management Inc., which has a carried interest in DFGI LLC and of which Mr. Krusen is President and 100% economic owner.  JAWIT Corporation of which Mr. Krusen is President and approximately 50% shareholder is the managing general partner of WIT.  Dominion Financial Group, Inc., (DFG Inc.&quot;), of which Mr. Krusen is President an an approximmely 50% shareholder, is an investor in WIT.  The aggregate amount of securities reported as being indirectly beneficially owned includes 227,500 shares of Common Stock directly owned by WIT, 8,000 shares of Common Stock directly owned by Krusen-Vogt &amp; Co. (&quot;KVC&quot;), 270,000 shares of Common Stock directly owned by DFGI LLC, and 25,000 shares directly owned by Dominion Capital Management</footnote><footnote id="F3">Mr. Krusen is a General Partner of KVC.  DFG Inc. is the managing general partner of DCM.</footnote><footnote id="F4">W. Andrew Krusen, Jr. is the chairman of the Executive Committee of Dominion Financial Group International LLC (&quot;DFGI LLC&quot;).  In addition, Mr. Krusen indirectly beneficially owns certain outstanding securities of DFGI LLC through WIT Ventures, Ltd. (&quot;WIT&quot;) and through DFG Management Inc., which has a carried interest in DFGI LLC and of which Mr. Krusen is President and 100% economic owner.  JAWIT Corporation of which Mr. Krusen is President and approximately 50% shareholder is the managing general partner of WIT.  Dominion Financial Group, Inc., (DFG Inc.&quot;), of which Mr. Krusen is President an an approximately 50% shareholder, is an investor in WIT.  The aggregate amount of securities reported as being indirectly benficially owned includes 235,200 shares of Common Stock directly owned by WIT, 8,000 shares of Common Stock directly owned by Krusen-Vogt &amp; Co. (&quot;KVC&quot;), 270,000 shares of Common Stock directly owned by DFGI LLC, and 25,000 shares directly owned by Dominion Capital Management</footnote><footnote id="F5">Mr. Krusen is a General Partner of KVC.  DFG Inc. is the managing general partner of DCM.</footnote></footnotes><remarks>Amendment is being filed to correct transaction code in Column 3.  Transaction code should have been &quot;P&quot; instead of &quot;A&quot;.</remarks><ownerSignature><signatureName>Marcy Macdonald attorney-in-fact</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-10-08</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

