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Niagara

Name: Niagara
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1953-01-29
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.8

★ 6,8 /10 (447 Votes)

1953 EN 92 min

Overview

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. 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.

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Release date

29/01/1953

Votes

447

Popularity

2.7

A raging torrent of emotion that even nature can't control!

Genres

Crime Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

92 min

Budget

$1,250,000

Revenue

$8,500,000

Marilyn Monroe

Rose Loomis

Joseph Cotten

George Loomis

Jean Peters

Polly Cutler

Max Showalter

Ray Cutler

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

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John 'Scotty' Watson

Police Officer on Spanish Aerocar (uncredited)

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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)

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Roy Damron

Lodge Guest (uncredited)

Robert Ellis

Young Man (uncredited)

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Howard Engel

Man at Bus Stop (uncredited)

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Neil Fitzgerald

Customs Officer (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Gloria Gordon

Dancer (uncredited)

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Patricia Henderson

(uncredited)

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Winifield Hoeny

Straw Boss (uncredited)

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George Ives

Carillon Tower Guide (uncredited)

Arch Johnson

Police Driver (uncredited)

Lester Matthews

Doctor (uncredited)

Sean McClory

Sam (uncredited)

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Norman McKay

Morris (uncredited)

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Audre Monture

Woman in Gift Shop (uncredited)

Patrick O'Moore

Detective (uncredited)

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Tom Reynolds

Husband (uncredited)

Willard Sage

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Doctor (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

Mrs. McGrand (uncredited)

Nina Varela

Wife (uncredited)

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Gene Wesson

Guide (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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The Belles and the Bells. Niagara Falls, so often a place of honeymoon love is the setting for this engrossing and gripping thriller directed with tight astuteness by the brilliant Henry Hathaway. Hathaway works from a screenplay collectively written by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard L. Breen. It stars Joseph Cotton, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Peters, Max Showalter (as Casey Adams), Denis O'Dea and Richard Allan. Music is by Sol Kaplan and cinematography by Joseph MacDonald. Plot wise it's very simple, the core essence that of an unfaithful wife scheming against her husband - thus…

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Right from the outset, this has the look of an Hitchcock mystery to it. Indeed, the opening bars of Sol Kaplan’s score sound very Herrmann-esque as we open with some grand scale photography of the Falls. That’s where we meet newlyweds “Polly” (Jean Peters) and “Ray” (Max Showalter) who have arrived on the Canadian side for a few days in a cabin overlooking the spray. Thing is, the previous residents haven’t checked-out and “Rose” (Marilyn Monroe) insists her husband “George” (Joseph Cotton) is too ill to travel. It emerges fairly swiftly that she is a bit of a temptress and that “George” knows…

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