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Niagara (1953)

Filmnoir | 92 minutes
3,34 185 votes

Genre: Filmnoir / Thriller

Duration: 92 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Henry Hathaway

Stars: Joseph Cotten, Marilyn Monroe and Jean Peters

IMDb score: 7,0 (20.894)

Releasedate: 26 January 1953

Niagara plot

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

American George Loomis is a veteran of the Korean War, who has been traumatized by this. With his young and attractive wife Rose, he temporarily stays in a holiday home near Niagara Falls in Canada. Rose is in love with a young man and wants George to be killed by her new boyfriend and then run off with him.

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alexspyforever

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I can hardly describe this as a Marilyn movie, because it is clearly Jean Peters who I think is the best acting. The environment is of course beautiful. The story isn't great, but still interesting and enough tension to enjoy from start to finish. It's a shame that the actor who played Jean Peters' husband was such a sucker, but maybe he was typecast that way.

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Brix

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I have no idea how long it had been since I saw this movie.
At least long enough for me to remember only a few scenes of it when I was able to watch it again via DVD yesterday.
That didn't disappoint.
The setting pleases me.
Impressive, even terrifying, are the waterfalls, and the scenes in the clock tower were filmed very atmospherically.

Jean Peters and Joseph Cotten carry the film in its entirety.
Beautiful woman, too, that Peters, who didn't have to rely solely on her appearance.
Quite a contrast to Monroe too, who still had a lot to learn and annoyed me with her mannerisms (especially that mouth when speaking) and highly exaggerated waddle with her behind.
Ridiculously heavily made up also in the scenes where she is in bed.
An inch thick lipstick and make-up on her face, and with perfectly fitted hair.

The scenes with the drifting boat are very well filmed for that time.
Plenty of exciting moments in the story as far as I'm concerned.
Great re-acquaintance.

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Collins

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Niagara is considered a film noir. That is also true in content. A cold crime and a cynical, pessimistic and melancholic world view propagated by an anti-hero and a femme fatale embroiled in shadowy intrigue are prominent in the film. Visually, the term film noir is less appropriate. Film noir is associated with dark black and white images. They are films that play with contrasts and shadows. Optically, Niagara is far from dark impressions.

Instead of dimly lit alleys, gloomy courtyards and shady interiors, Niagara is full of colors and expansive locations. The Niagara Falls are displayed in all their beauty in a very spacious and colorful way. The images are idyllic and wild at the same time. Images that fit well in a commercial to attract tourists. Fortunately, Niagara is much more than a commercial. The film has enough scenes that evoke a completely different atmosphere. Scenes that evoke that typical eerie feeling so often seen in crime movies from the 40s and 50s. A beautiful scene that underlines this is a scene set in a clock tower where the femme fatale and the antihero have a confrontation and feelings such as disappointment, melancholy and alienation are released.

While the characters deal with hidden feelings and hidden suffering, the story is much less mysterious. The criminal element is not complicated and it is almost immediately clear that a happy ending will not be in order. Niagara is not a film of sensational twists and big surprises. A film with nice atmospheric moments, with tension and with good acting. Joseph Cotten and Marilyn Monroe play convincing roles as a couple who show their hateful side and threaten to collapse under it. Especially Monroe, who is voluptuous and voluptuous, is a joy to watch in her role as femme fatale.

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