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Niagara (1953) is a melodramatic thriller and film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten. Unlike other film noirs of the time, Niagara was shot in Technicolor on location and was one of 20th Century Fox’s biggest box office hits of the year.
Although it was not written as a star vehicle for Monroe, she dominated the film nonetheless. Along with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire (which were also released in 1953), it solidified Monroe’s status as a bona fide box office draw.
Ray and Polly Cutler (Showalter and Peters) on a delayed honeymoon at Niagara Falls, find their reserved cabin occupied by George and Rose Loomis (Cotten and Monroe). They politely accept another, less desirable cabin, and the two couples become acquainted.
George and Rose have a troubled marriage. She is younger and very attractive. He is jealous, depressed and irritable. It is implied that he may have recently been discharged from an Army mental…