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The Misfits
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NR,2hrs 4min
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February 1, 1961
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United Artists
Synopsis: The final film of stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe is an elegy for the death of the Old West from writer Arthur Miller and director John Huston. Gable stars as Gay Langland, an aging hand traveling the byways and working at rodeos with his two comrades, Guido (Eli Wallach) and young Perce Howland (Montgomery Clift). The three men come up with a plan to corral some misfit mustangs and sell them for dog food, but Gay's new girlfriend Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe), a high-minded ex-stripper who ... Full Synopsis
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Seldom, if ever, has a movie been in as much synchronicity with the lives of its stars as The Misfits. In fact, director John Huston's gift for casting took a spooky turn in this case. The film, ostensibly about disappearing independence, has mortality seeping from its every pore. It's a haunting and ghostly film about the end of an era that turned out to be the end of an era itself. Most famously, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Gay Langland
Roslyn Taber
Perce Howland
Isabelle Steers
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Clark Gable, left, and Marilyn Monroe in "The Misfits"
Clark Gable, "The Misfits" (1961) "The Misfits" marked the final screen appearances of both Gable...
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