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Niagara
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Niagara is a 1953 American film noir drama directed by Henry Hathaway. The screenplay was written by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Richard L. Breen, with Brackett also serving as producer. The cast includes Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, and Max Showalter. Sol Kaplan and Haven Gillespie composed the music, while Joseph MacDonald handled cinematography. The film was produced by 20th Century Studios and distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix.
The narrative is set in Canada and explores themes of infidelity and husband-wife relationships. It has a runtime of 92 minutes and was originally released in English. Critical reception includes a review score of 6.6 out of 10 and 78%, with an IMDb rating of 7.0 and a TMDb average of 6.816. The production involved a budget of 1,250,000 to 1,600,000 and generated box office revenue between 2,300,000 and 8,500,000.
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6.8Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.
Cast
- Marilyn Monroe as Rose Loomis
- Joseph Cotten as George Loomis
- Jean Peters as Polly Cutler
- Max Showalter as Ray Cutler
- Denis O'Dea as Inspector Starkey
- Richard Allan as Patrick
Themes
- infidelity
- husband wife relationship
- clock tower
- honeymoon
- self-defense
- postcard
- morgue
- delirium
- niagara falls
- waterfall
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Henry Hathaway
- Written by
- Charles Brackett Walter Reisch Richard Breen
- Produced by
- Charles Brackett
- Starring
- Marilyn Monroe Joseph Cotten Jean Peters Casey Adams Denis O'Dea Richard Allan Don Wilson Lurene Tuttle Russell Collins Will Wright
- Cinematography
- Joe MacDonald
- Edited by
- Barbara McLean
- Music by
- Sol Kaplan
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- January 21, 1953 ( 1953-01-21 )
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.7 million
- Box office
- $2.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
- Screenwriter
- Richard L. Breen
- Composer
- Haven Gillespie
- Producer
- Charles Brackett
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Joseph MacDonald
- Narrative location
- Canada
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 964888
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Opening title from Niagara trailer 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Niagara (film)
- publication date
- 1953-10-09
- film editor
- Barbara McLean
- Commons gallery
- Niagara (film)
- title
- Niagara
- costume designer
- Dorothy Jeakins
- make-up artist
- Allan Snyder
- review score
- 78%
- capital cost
- 1600000
- box office
- 2300000
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Encyclopedic overview
Niagara is a 1953 American noir thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Charles Brackett. Brackett also wrote the screenplay alongside Walter Reisch and Richard Breen. Among the top-billed stars are Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, and Jean Peters. Denis O'Dea, and Max Showalter (credited as Casey Adams) are among other stars appearing in the film. Set in Niagara Falls, the film tells the story of two couples: one, a pair of newlyweds on their honeymoon, and the other, a husband and wife whose turbulent marriage is wracked by jealousy and deceit.
Unlike other films noir of the time, which were typically black-and-white, Niagara was shot in "three-strip" Technicolor (one of the last films to be made at 20th Century Fox in that format, as a few months later the studio began converting to CinemaScope, which had compatibility problems with three-strip but not with Eastmancolor).
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