Denis O'Dea, Jean Peters, Joseph Cotten

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife (Marilyn Monroe) and her husband reach the level of murder.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Henry Hathaway

Release Date: January 21, 1953

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DVD Release Date: May 14, 2002

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  • August 11, 2009
    marilyn at the height of her fame, just previous to "gentlemen prefer blondes" and other greats. here she's a femme fatale. playing the bad girl isn't often a part of her repertoire we get to see. the film itself is a bit slow and max showalters ray cutler reminds me of wiliam h....( read more) macys jerry lundegaard from fargo. that whole geeky nature. bit of action at the end. the debatable part is whether anyone would remember niagara if marilyn wasn't in it
  • April 9, 2007
    Fairly run of the mill pseudo noir filmed in rather garish technicolor, memorable for being Marilyn Monroe's first starring role, and she does shine as the femme fatale.
  • October 20, 2007
    Classic Marilyn, interesting movie, especially because now I live near Niagara Falls.
  • November 23, 2009
    Pues me gusto la pelicula, como con todas las peliculas de esos aņos hay que tratar de verlas desde la optica del espectador de la epoca y no con el cinismo del espectador actual que ha tenido la oprtunidad de ver todo tipo de peliculas originales y remakes. en fin, es buena peli...( read more)cula porque la tranma esta bien, la idea es buena, una mujer manda a su amante a matar al esposo y piensa que lo ha conseguido hasta que el cadaver que aprece en las cataratas es ...el del amante. luego el esposo que esta enfermizamente enamorado de su mujer la mata. todo esto ocurre en las cataratas del niagara como escenario y ante la presencia de otra pareja mas joven. en fin buena movie pero lo mejor claro esta es MARYLIN MONROE!! quien a pesar de no mostrar tanto como en otras peliculas nos deja ver en cada escena xq es la mujer mas atractiva de la historia del cine, y que bien le queda el papel de femme fatale, en una palabra: exquisita. no sale mucho en la pelicula pero se roba la pantalla cada vez que sale. no le doy mas de 3 y media estrellas xq x mas que trato de verla como si fueran los 50's no puedo tristemente ya estoy contaminado por la modernidad.
  • November 10, 2009
    Quite a good thriller, Marilyn Monroe is very effective, more so than I would have expected. She sure does have an incredible screen presence. The Niagara Falls setting is a big plus, well photographed, good production.
  • October 5, 2009
    This movie plays like something Hitchcock rejected but as a vehicle for Marilyn Monroe it isn't half bad...
  • September 25, 2009
    I saw this film because of the poster of the movie. Nothing special as story but I loved Niagar's fall waters.
  • August 8, 2009
    One of Marilyn's best!!
  • June 29, 2009
    i didn't see the dead of marilyn's caracther coming
  • May 17, 2009
    I never get tired to see it once again

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