
The Misfits (1961)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 5min
- Drama, Romance
- 01 Feb 1961 (USA)
- Movie
- 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Cast verified as complete
Clark Gable | ... |
Gay Langland
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Marilyn Monroe | ... |
Roslyn Taber
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Montgomery Clift | ... |
Perce Howland
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Thelma Ritter | ... |
Isabelle Steers
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Eli Wallach | ... |
Guido Delinni
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James Barton | ... |
Fletcher's Grandfather
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Kevin McCarthy | ... |
Raymond Taber
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Estelle Winwood | ... |
Church Lady Collecting Money in Bar
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Peggy Barton | ... |
Young Bride (uncredited)
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Rex Bell | ... |
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
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Ryall Bowker | ... |
Man in Bar (uncredited)
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Frank Fanelli Sr. | ... |
Gambler at Bar (uncredited)
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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John Huston | ... |
Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
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Bobby LaSalle | ... |
Bartender (uncredited)
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Philip Mitchell | ... |
Charles Steers (uncredited)
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Walter Ramage | ... |
Old Groom (uncredited)
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Ralph Roberts | ... |
Ambulance Driver at Rodeo (uncredited)
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Dennis Shaw | ... |
Fletcher - Young Boy in Bar (uncredited)
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J. Lewis Smith | ... |
Fresh Cowboy in Bar (uncredited)
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Marietta Tree | ... |
Susan (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Huston |
Written by
Arthur Miller | ... | (screenplay) |
Arthur Miller | ... | (short story) (uncredited) |
Produced by
John Huston | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Frank E. Taylor | ... | producer |
Music by
Alex North |
Cinematography by
Russell Metty | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
George Tomasini | ... | film editor |
Editorial Department
Stu Linder | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Connie Roese | ... | negative cutter (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Stephen B. Grimes | ... | (as Stephen Grimes) |
Bill Newberry | ... | (as William Newberry) |
Set Decoration by
Frank R. McKelvy | ... | (as Frank McKelvy) |
Makeup Department
Agnes Flanagan | ... | hair stylist |
Sydney Guilaroff | ... | hair stylist |
Frank La Rue | ... | makeup (as Frank Larue) |
Frank Prehoda | ... | makeup |
Allan Snyder | ... | makeup |
Bertha French | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
Bunny Gardel | ... | body makeup (uncredited) |
Production Management
C.O. Erickson | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carl Beringer | ... | assistant director |
Tom Shaw | ... | second unit director |
John Gaudioso | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Ross C. Burke | ... | property master (uncredited) |
Bud Pine | ... | construction coordinator (uncredited) |
Robert L. Stephen | ... | painter gang boss (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Charles Grenzbach | ... | sound recordist |
Philip Mitchell | ... | sound recordist |
R.D. Cook | ... | sound recordist (uncredited) |
Norm Drain | ... | cable person (uncredited) |
Al Marsh | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Cline Jones | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Stunts
James Malone | ... | stunt pilot |
Bill Babcock | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
John Daheim | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Loren Janes | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Cole Palen | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Chuck Roberson | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
J. Lewis Smith | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Elaine Walker | ... | stunt performer (uncredited) |
Ted White | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Jack N. Young | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Rex Wimpy | ... | photographer: second unit |
Eve Arnold | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Lefty Budman | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Cornell Capa | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Henri Cartier-Bresson | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Charles Cowie | ... | key grip (uncredited) |
Bruce Davidson | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Elliott Erwitt | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Ernst Haas | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Ledge Haddow | ... | camera (uncredited) |
Erich Hartmann | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Richard A. Kelley | ... | camera operator: second unit (uncredited) |
Carl Manoogian | ... | grip (uncredited) |
Michael Moramarco | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Inge Morath | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
John Nostri | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Eddie Pyle | ... | second camera (uncredited) |
Lee Jones Schoenburg | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Al St. Hilaire | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Dennis Stock | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Lew Swartz | ... | first camera (uncredited) |
Clyde Taylor | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Harry L. Underwood | ... | camera operator: second unit (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jean Louis | ... | dresses: Marilyn Monroe / wardrobe: Miss Monroe |
Dorothy Jeakins | ... | costumer: Marilyn Monroe (uncredited) |
Jesse Munden | ... | costumer (uncredited) |
Shirlee Strahm | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Music Department
Alex North | ... | conductor |
Henry Brant | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Angela Allen | ... | script supervisor |
Frank Remsden | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Transportation Department
Frank Khoury | ... | transportation (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Billy Jones | ... | wrangler |
Edward Parone | ... | assistant to the producer |
Friedrich von Ledebur | ... | horse master |
Wayne Cutlip | ... | wrangler (uncredited) |
Bob Davenport | ... | wrangler (uncredited) |
Bruce Gailbraith | ... | wrangler (uncredited) |
James W. Gavin | ... | helicopter pilot (uncredited) |
Cindy James | ... | dog trainer (uncredited) |
Eugene Logan | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Evelyn Moriarty | ... | stand-in: Marilyn Monroe (uncredited) |
George Nelson | ... | title designer: main titles (uncredited) |
Corky Randall | ... | wrangler (uncredited) |
Maurice Segal | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Jimmy Sherwood | ... | wrangler (uncredited) |
Barlow Simpson | ... | wrangler (uncredited) |
J. Lewis Smith | ... | dialogue coach (uncredited) |
Paula Strasberg | ... | dialogue coach: Ms. Monroe (uncredited) |
Ann Toth | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Seven Arts Productions (presents)
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Distributors
- United Artists (1961) (United States) (theatrical) (as A United Artists release)
- Dear Film (1961) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Les Artistes Associés (1961) (France) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1961) (Argentina) (theatrical) (as Artistas Unidos)
- United Artists (1961) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1961) (Japan) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1961) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1961) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Les Artistes Associés S.A.B. (1961) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Nova Film (1961) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- United Artists Films (1961) (Finland) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1961) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1961) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1961) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1961) (Australia) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1961) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- United Artists de Mexico (1961) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- C.B. Films S.A. (1962) (Spain) (theatrical)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1965) (United States) (tv)
- Laurenfilm (Spain) (theatrical) (as Lauren Films) (reissue)
- Centrala Wynajmu Filmów (1962) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (35mm print)
- Ciné-Sorbonne (2017) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- 1ère chaîne ORTF (1968) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- ARTE (2021) (Germany) (tv)
- ARTE (1994) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
- ARTE (2021) (France) (tv)
- Altitude Film Distribution (2023) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (through Capelight Pictures International)
- Altitude Film Distribution (2023) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (through Capelight Pictures International)
- Altitude Film Distribution (2023) (United Kingdom) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (through Capelight Pictures International)
- CBS/Fox (United States) (VHS)
- Canal+ (1988) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
- Capelight Pictures International (2023) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- Capelight Pictures International (2023) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Capelight Pictures (2023) (Germany) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
- Fox Pathé Europa (2001) (France) (DVD)
- Fox Pathé Europa (2011) (France) (Blu-ray)
- La Cinquième (1995) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
- Le Nouvel Observateur (2010) (France) (DVD)
- M6 Interactions (2004) (France) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (Canada) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (France) (DVD)
- MGM/UA Communications Co. (United States) (tv)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1991) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1995) (United States) (VHS)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1999) (Finland) (tv)
- OPRF (1988) (Poland) (VHS)
- Pluto TV (2021) (United States) (video)
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (1974) (Belgium) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Scanvideo (Finland) (video)
- TF1 (1975) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- TV3 (1988) (Finland) (tv)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2013) (Australia) (DVD)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (reprint for MGM)
- Warner Home Video (Germany) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1985) (France) (VHS) (dubbed version)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1991) (France) (VHS) (dubbed version)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1994) (France) (VHS) (French subtitles)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1994) (France) (VHS) (dubbed version)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1995) (France) (VHS) (French subtitles)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1995) (France) (VHS) (dubbed version)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1969) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- George Nelson & Co. Inc. (main titles)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of: affiliated with A.F. of L.)
- Western Costume Company (costumes)
- Westrex Recording System (sound recording system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Roslyn Taber, the type of woman who turns heads easily, recently came to Reno to get a quickie divorce and has no idea what to do with her life afterward. She cannot tolerate seeing animal suffering, let alone human suffering. Coinciding with getting the divorce, Roslyn meets divorced, aging grizzled cowboy Gay Langland and his friend Guido, a widowed mechanic. Although Guido makes no bones about wanting to get to know Roslyn in the biblical sense and although he "saw her first", Roslyn begins a relationship with Gay, despite Roslyn's friend Izzy Steers, who originally came to Reno years ago to get her own divorce and never left, warning her about cowboys as being unreliable, and despite Roslyn initially not being interested in Gay "in that way". Gay has grown children who he rarely sees. Gay and Roslyn move into the under-construction farmhouse owned by Guido, which he was building for his wife before she died. After spotting a small herd in the local mountains, Guido convinces Gay to do some mustanging--capturing wild mustangs--to sell them. In this day and age, these mustangs, commercially, are good only as dog meat. Needing a third for their outing, they run into Perce Howland, a cowboy acquaintance, who is on his way to the Dayton Rodeo. He recently started the itinerant life out of necessity. Perce lives day to day, job to job, that is when he's not in the hospital recuperating from his many on-the-job injuries. They are able to convince Perce to join them after his events at the rodeo have concluded. Perc is just the latest to fall for Roslyn, while of the three men she feels the most protective toward Perce as the constantly injured one. The questions become whether the friendship and business of the three men can withstand the addition of Roslyn in their life, and if Roslyn can love any of three after seeing firsthand what their life is all about. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | 'SMASHING' thru the Excitement Barrier ! See more » |
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Box Office
Budget | $4,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | One of Clark Gable's few on-the-set blow-ups occurred during the filming of the horse-roping scenes. When John Huston insisted on another take after Gable's stunt double had been injured, the actor walked off the set in disgust. See more » |
Goofs | When Roslyn and Perce are behind the bar, sitting near an old car and a pile of beer cans, the cans change places from cut to cut when seen from behind them. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963). See more » |
Crazy Credits | There are no closing credits of any kind. Not even the words "THE END" appear on the screen. See more » |
Quotes |
Gay:
Honey, we all got to go sometime, reason or no reason. Dyin's as natural as livin'. The man who's too afraid to die is too afraid to live. See more » |