John Huston’s elegiac anti-western The Misfits was Marilyn Monroe’s final film.
Written by Arthur Miller, it is a touching and off-beat drama of broken-hearted cowboys and broken-down marriages, co-starring Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift as an aging cowboy and a rodeo-rocked bull rider, both with bittersweet memories of a west that’s no longer wild.
Infused with the promises of what could have been if she had been given more time to explore her skills as a dramatic performer, Marilyn Monroe delivers one of her very best performances.
Marilyn at 100
This season, in honour of the centenary of her birth, will bring together some of her finest works, and will include a special 4K re-issue of The Misfits, alongside screenings of Niagara and Some Like It Hot.
Director John Huston
Year 1961
Duration
2h 5m
Language English
Cast Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift