The Misfits

Director	John Huston
Year	1961
Country	USA
Runtime	2h 5m
Language	English
Format	DCP
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Synopsis

Melancholic and sultry, contemplative but severe. In a mesmerizing, breakthrough dramatic role for Marilyn Monroe, THE MISFITS — scripted by celebrated playwright Arthur Miller — examines the star’s trademark sexuality and its effects on the masculinity of three aging men. Newly divorced and reconciling with her newfound freedom, Roslyn Tabor (Monroe) becomes entangled in the lives of cowboy Gaylord Langland (Clark Gable) and his friends (Montgomery Clift and Eli Wallach). Director John Huston’s somber Neo-Western reflects on compassion and mortality, made all the more palpable, and with great finality, by the sudden deaths of stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe shortly after completion.

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