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7.1/10   79 votes
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Writers:
Norman Mailer (novel)
Dalene Young (writer)
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Release Date:
28 September 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
Her image was perfection.....her life was a personal hell
Plot:
The story of how Norma Jean, once an orphan in Hollywood California, becomes Marilyn Monroe, the movie star and celebrity... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. more
User Reviews:
Hicks is the worst Marilyn to date more (4 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Catherine Hicks ... Marilyn Monroe

Richard Basehart ... Johnny Hyde
Frank Converse ... Joe DiMaggio
John Ireland ... John Huston
Viveca Lindfors ... Natasha Lytess
Jason Miller ... Arthur Miller
Sheree North ... Gladys Baker
Kevin Geer ... Jim Dougherty

Tracey Gold ... Young Norma Jean
Priscilla Morrill ... Louella Parsons
John Christy Ewing ... Lawyer
Bill Vint ... Montgomery Clift
Larry Pennell ... Clark Gable
Heath Jobes ... Tom Ewell

Howard Caine ... Billy Wilder
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Runtime:
USA:156 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L
Company:
Schiller Productions Inc. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The huge likeness of Marilyn Monroe that was erected on the building for The Seven Year Itch (1955) was the original billboard that was used when the movie came out. The same company and the same crew were hired to rehang it for this movie. more

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0 out of 19 people found the following review useful.
Hicks is the worst Marilyn to date, 5 November 2002
1/10
Author: Opion8d from SC

*Marilyn: The Untold Story*

I've seen 3 movies about Marilyn Monroe. Well, three if you count the mini-series. They are all the same. The actresses are all miscast. Let's face it, nobody can be Marilyn but Marilyn. Certainly not Catherine Hicks. Who is Catharine Hicks? The mom on 7th Heaven... yeah. You might be thinking that maybe she USED to look like Marilyn, but she didn't. The main thing was the lips. Mira Sorvino (who was also bad) at least used her lips when she talked. She also tried her best with th accent. Catharine Hicks didn't even talk like Marilyn. It felt like she had never even seen a Marilyn Monroe movie in her life.

The movie was okay, but I could just never see Hicks as Marilyn.

*4/10*

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