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Overview
Release Date:
1 February 1961 (USA) moreTagline:
'SMASHING' thru the Excitement Barrier ! morePlot:
A sexy divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle in early-sixties Nevada. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Old Monroe Movie Nearly Outearns 'Love Guru' (From Get The Big Picture. 22 June 2008, 4:11 PM, PDT)
Arthur Miller: 1915-2005 (From IMDb News. 11 February 2005)
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Down and Out in Nevada moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Clark Gable | ... | Gay Langland | |
| Marilyn Monroe | ... | Roslyn Taber | |
| Montgomery Clift | ... | Perce Howland | |
| Thelma Ritter | ... | Isabelle Steers | |
| Eli Wallach | ... | Guido | |
| James Barton | ... | Fletcher's grandfather | |
| Kevin McCarthy | ... | Raymond Taber | |
| Estelle Winwood | ... | Church lady collecting money in bar |
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124 min | France:120 min (DVD)Country:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) (re-rated) | Iceland:L | Hungary:14 | West Germany:16 (f) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U (re-release) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Approved | Ireland:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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Bored while waiting for Marilyn Monroe to turn up on the set, Clark Gable opted to do his own stunts, which included being dragged by a truck traveling at 30 mph. moreGoofs:
Continuity: There's an indoor scene in front of a freezer, when a hand appears to make signals to the actors. moreQuotes:
Roslyn: We're all dying aren't we. We're not teaching each other what we really know, are we? moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Killer Shrews (#5.7)" (1992) moreFAQ
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Two of the previous comments have it right about Nevada. It is without question the most barren of places in terms of the sustenance of human life, yet it has a rare beauty that transcends the ugliness of its crass cities and radioactive vistas. The fact that it encompasses an entirely landlocked basin in which great rivers roar down to disappear in dry lakebeds speaks to the main point. Pristine alpine meadows form islands in the sky surrounded by millions of acres of desolation.
When I first saw "The Misfits" in 1961, after having read the savage reviews and followed the sensational press coverage of its production, my initial reaction was that most people just missed the point. I still think so, particularly after reading some of the negative comments here that parrot accepted wisdom about filmmaking in general and what is perceived as a misfire by Miller and Huston. But I have news for the naysayers: this film tells it like it is.
So what if it's a stage play set in the desert? So what if the characters devolve and come apart according to some apparently hidden hand of random fate? Those who get the story right are those who see past what seem at first to be surreal clichés existing only as fodder for the cameras and instead grasp the horror and ugliness of what passes as everyday life for the eponymous ensemble. Nothing happens, and yet everything happens.
Gable, Monroe, Clift. Arthur Miller himself. Figures that seem larger than life. This has little to do with horses and everything to do with the tragedy of Everyman.