

Niagara
A raging torrent of emotion that even nature can't control!
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $8.5M
- Language
- English
- infidelity
- husband wife relationship
- clock tower
- honeymoon
- self-defense
- postcard
- morgue
- delirium
- niagara falls
- waterfall
- film noir
- murder
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York21 Jan 1953
- TheatricalSeattle, Washington17 Feb 1953
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalLondon24 Apr 1953
- PhysicalPGDVD9 Apr 2012
CanadaCA
- TheatricalNiagara Falls, Ontario29 Jan 1953
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalBrussels2 Oct 1953
BrazilBR
- Physical12DVD9 Apr 2012
CzechiaCZ
- Physical1 Apr 1994
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical16 Nov 1953
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1620 Nov 1953
- TheatricalRe-release7 Aug 1964
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP11 Sept 1953
- TheatricalTPRe-release9 Aug 1995
- TheatricalTPRe-release8 Feb 2006
- Theatrical (limited)Marilyn Monroe 100 ans, Institut Lumière, Lyon3 Jun 2026
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT4 Sept 1953
JapanJP
- TheatricalG18 Apr 1953
MexicoMX
- Theatrical4 Jun 1953
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Niagara was released on 29 January 1953.
Audience reviews
2- J8/10
John Chard
6/7/2019
The Belles and the Bells. Niagara Falls, so often a place of honeymoon love is the setting for this engrossing and gripping thriller directed with tight astuteness by the brilliant Henry Hathaway. Hathaway works from a screenplay collectively written by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard L. Breen. It stars Joseph Cotton, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Peters, Max Showalter (as Casey Adams), Denis O'Dea and Richard …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/1/2026
Right from the outset, this has the look of an Hitchcock mystery to it. Indeed, the opening bars of Sol Kaplan’s score sound very Herrmann-esque as we open with some grand scale photography of the Falls. That’s where we meet newlyweds “Polly” (Jean Peters) and “Ray” (Max Showalter) who have arrived on the Canadian side for a few days in a cabin overlooking the spray. Thing is, the previous residents haven’t checked-o…
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