60 Second Movie Review: The Misfits (1961)

This was my first time seeing The Misfits, which was the last film for Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. Filming finished on November 4, 1960, and Gable passed away on November 16, 1960. The movie was released on February 1, 1961, and Monroe herself died on August 5, 1962. Add into the mix a Montgomery Clift who had limped along in his life and career since a 1956 car accident, and you have a John Huston flick that gains emotional resonance from the personal lives of the stars — and that’s without even mentioning how Monroe’s husband Arthur Miller wrote the film, although their marriage was already fading by the time it was made, and they divorced on January 24, 1961. If you’re keeping track, that’s a week before The Misfits opened.

Regardless, that’s the last date I’ll mention in my remarks, I swear! Although be warned that I’m not going to avoid mentioning spoilers or pieces of the puzzle…

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