Niagara( 1953)

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

Overview

Rose 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.

Top Billed Cast

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
J.C. Kettering
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. Kettering
Russell Collins
Mr. Qua
Will Wright
Boatman
Minerva Urecal
Mrs. McGrand
Harry Carey, Jr.
Taxi Driver
Henry Beckman
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Bill Coontz
Young Man (uncredited)
Robert Ellis
Young Man (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald
Customs Officer (uncredited)
Gloria Gordon
Dancer (uncredited)
George Ives
Carillon Tower Guide (uncredited)
Arch Johnson
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Lester Matthews
Doctor (uncredited)
Sean McClory
Sam (uncredited)
Patrick O'Moore
Detective (uncredited)
Tom Reynolds
Husband (uncredited)
Willard Sage
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Doctor (uncredited)
Nina Varela
Wife at Bus Station
Gene Wesson
Guide (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Fri Jun 07 2019

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 ...