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Niagara

A raging torrent of emotion that even nature can't control!

6.8(464)19531h 32m4

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

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  • J

    John Chard

    6/7/2019

    8/10

    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 …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/1/2026

    7/10

    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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