The Misfits - videos, teasers and stills from filming

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The Misfits (1961)
Timing: 2:4 (124 min)
The Misfits - TMDB rating
6.97/10
363
The Misfits - Kinopoisk rating
7.137/10
3856
The Misfits - IMDB rating
7.2/10
25000
Watch film The Misfits | The Misfits trailer
The Misfits trailer
English
1:35

What's left behind the scenes

  • On the last day of filming, Clark Gable stated: 'Good Lord! I’m happy this picture is finally finished. She [Monroe] nearly gave me a heart attack.' The next day, Gable suffered a myocardial infarction and died eleven days later.
  • John Huston earned $250 by filming himself in a cameo role.
  • A doctor oversaw Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift around the clock during filming, as both had problems with alcohol and medical stimulants.
  • "The Misfits" was written by Arthur Miller as a short story while he was waiting for his divorce from Marilyn Monroe in Reno. Miller's marriage to Monroe was dissolved after filming concluded.
  • "The Misfits" was one of the first Hollywood films to have on-set photography – producers signed a contract with the Magnum agency.
  • In the Nevada desert where the film was shot, the temperature remained around 40 degrees Celsius for almost the entire summer of 1960.
  • The dried-up lake where the final scenes of the film were shot is now marked on maps as the «Plain of the Forsaken».
  • Despite positive reviews from critics, the film flopped at the box office: its earnings barely covered the production costs and actors' fees.
  • The American horror punk band The Misfits took its name after the film.
  • “The Misfits” were written by Arthur Miller as a story while he was awaiting his own divorce in Reno from Marilyn Monroe. Miller's marriage to Monroe was dissolved after filming was completed.
  • “The Misfits” was one of the first films in Hollywood to feature behind-the-scenes photography – the producers signed a contract with the Magnum agency.
  • The dried-up lake where the final scenes of the film were shot is now marked on maps as “The Misfits Plain”.
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