Niagara – 8

It won’t do to compare this 1953 thriller to current movies, but, much as Elevator to the Gallows showed us, it can be tremendously fun to watch well-crafted old movies on the big screen. Director Henry Hathaway showed more than a touch of Hitchcock with his visual clues, but what set him apart was his use of his physical set – in this case the immense and powerful falls of Niagara. The secondary characters were caricatures, but the three leads – Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters and Marilyn Monroe – lived up to reputation. (NYFF)

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