Niagara (1953)


Niagara
Release Date21 January 1953
Budget$1,000,000
TaglineMarilyn Monroe and "Niagara" a raging torrent of emotion that even nature can't control!
GenreDrama, Film-Noir, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming Locations20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPsychological Thriller, Film Noir
ThemesTreacherous Spouses, Crumbling Marriages, Infidelity
TonesAtmospheric, Menacing, Disturbing, Tense, Sexy
TagsDouble Cross, Extramarital Affair, Greed, Honeymoon, Murder, Scheme, Sexual, Veteran [military]

Niagara is a 1953 dramatic thriller, film noir directed by Henry Hathaway. Unlike other films noir of the time, Niagara was shot in Technicolor and was one of 20th Century Fox's biggest box office hits of the year. The drama features Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters and others.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Rose Loomis

George Loomis

Polly Cutler

Ray Cutler

Inspector Starkey

Richard Allan
Patrick

Mr. J.C. Kettering

Mrs. Kettering

Russell Collins
Mr. Qua

Will Wright
Boatman

Motorcycle Cop

Taxi Driver

Bill Coontz
Young Man

Robert Ellis
Young Man

Howard Engel
Man at bus stop

Neil Fitzgerald
Customs Officer

Gloria Gordon
Dancer

Winifield Hoeny
Straw Boss

Carillon Tower Guide

Arch Johnson
Taxi Driver

Norman McKay
Morris

Audre Monture
Woman in gift shop

Patrick O'Moore
Detective

Tom Reynolds
Husband

Willard Sage
Motorcycle Cop

Bert Stevens
Doctor

Minerva Urecal
Mrs. McGrand, Landlady of McGrand's Boarding House

Nina Varela
Wife

Gene Wesson
Guide

Director

Writer

Charles Brackett

Walter Reisch

Richard L. Breen

Producer

Charles Brackett
producer

Original Music

Sol Kaplan
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Cinematographer

Joseph MacDonald

Editor

Barbara McLean
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Art Director

Maurice Ransford
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Set Decorator

Stuart A. Reiss

Costume Designer

Dorothy Jeakins
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Makeup Department

makeup artist

Allan Snyder
makeup artist: Miss Monroe

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Gerd Oswald
assistant director

Sound Department

W.D. Flick
sound

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

Special Effects

Ray Kellogg
special photographic effects

Stunts

Polly Burson
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Felix Trimboli
camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

wardrobe director

Sam Benson
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Leonard Doss
color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department

musical director

Edward B. Powell
orchestrator

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

20th Century Fox

Centfox

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment






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