Niagara

1953
Approved
1h 32m

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7.0/10

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As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

20K

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POPULARITY

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Ray Cutler
(as Casey Adams)

Denis O'Dea

Inspector Starkey

Richard Allan

Patrick

Don Wilson

Mr. J.C. Kettering

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. Kettering

Russell Collins

Mr. Qua

Will Wright

Boatman

John 'Scotty' Watson

Police Officer on Spanish Aerocar
(uncredited)

Leon Alton

Lodge Guest
(uncredited)

Henry Beckman

Motorcycle Cop
(uncredited)

John Brascia

Lodge Guest
(uncredited)

Harry Carey Jr.

Taxi Driver
(uncredited)

Bill Coontz

Young Man
(uncredited)

Roy Damron

Lodge Guest
(uncredited)

Robert Ellis

Young Man
(uncredited)

Director
- Henry Hathaway
Writers
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Trivia
During filming of the shower scene, director Henry Hathaway had to keep yelling at Marilyn Monroe to keep away from the shower curtain and away from the lights as she insisted on being naked (as she was under the bed sheets at the beginning of the film). To pass the censors of the time, the scene was darkened in post-production.

Goofs
While energetically explaining the local layout to Ray and Polly Cutler, Mr. Kettering describes Chippawa, Ontario as the scene of a major American defeat in the Revolutionary War. However, U.S. forces in the Revolutionary War got no closer than 75 miles from the area. In fact, Chippawa was the scene of a major American victory in the War of 1812.

Quotes
[Upon seeing Rose Loomis in a low-cut, tight-fitting red dress]
Ray Cutler: Hey, get out the firehose!
[to Polly]
Ray Cutler: Why don't you ever get a dress like that?
Polly Cutler: Listen. For a dress like that, you've got to start laying plans when you're about thirteen.

Crazy credits
Marilyn Monroe's hotel room was Room 801 in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Niagara Falls. The hotel was formerly called the General Brock Hotel.

Connections
Edited into Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990)

Soundtracks
Kiss
(uncredited)
Music by Lionel Newman
Lyrics by Haven Gillespie
Sung by Marilyn Monroe

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Featured review

8/10

A Noir Must-See

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.

Marilyn Monroe was given first billing in "Niagara" which elevated her to star status. Her following two films of that year, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", with Jane Russell, and "How to Marry a Millionaire", with Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall, were even bigger successes.

Films like this are what I really wish Monroe was remembered for. She is more often than not seen as the "dumb blonde" of "Seven Year Itch" and other such films. But "Niagara" and "The Misfits", for example, show she was actually a rather good actress and not just an object.