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The Misfits ()


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A divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.

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Gay Langland
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Roslyn Taber
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Perce Howland
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Isabelle Steers
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Guido Delinni
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Fletcher's Grandfather
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Raymond Taber
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Church Lady Collecting Money in Bar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peggy Barton ...
Young Bride (uncredited)
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Old Cowboy (uncredited)
Ryall Bowker ...
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Frank Fanelli Sr. ...
Gambler at Bar (uncredited)
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Extra in Blackjack Scene (uncredited)
Bobby LaSalle ...
Bartender (uncredited)
Philip Mitchell ...
Charles Steers (uncredited)
Walter Ramage ...
Old Groom (uncredited)
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Ambulance Driver at Rodeo (uncredited)
Dennis Shaw ...
Fletcher - Young Boy in Bar (uncredited)
J. Lewis Smith ...
Fresh Cowboy in Bar (uncredited)
Marietta Tree ...
Susan (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Huston

Written by

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Arthur Miller ... (screenplay)
 
Arthur Miller ... (short story) (uncredited)

Produced by

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John Huston ... producer (uncredited)
Frank E. Taylor ... producer

Music by

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Alex North

Cinematography by

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Russell Metty ... director of photography

Editing by

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George Tomasini ... film editor

Editorial Department

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Stu Linder ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Connie Roese ... negative cutter (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Stephen B. Grimes ... (as Stephen Grimes)
Bill Newberry ... (as William Newberry)

Set Decoration by

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Frank R. McKelvy ... (as Frank McKelvy)

Makeup Department

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Agnes Flanagan ... hair stylist
Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist
Frank La Rue ... makeup (as Frank Larue)
Frank Prehoda ... makeup
Allan Snyder ... makeup
Bertha French ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Bunny Gardel ... body makeup (uncredited)

Production Management

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C.O. Erickson ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Carl Beringer ... assistant director
Tom Shaw ... second unit director
John Gaudioso ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Ross C. Burke ... property master (uncredited)
Bud Pine ... construction coordinator (uncredited)
Robert L. Stephen ... painter gang boss (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Charles Grenzbach ... sound recordist
Philip Mitchell ... sound recordist
R.D. Cook ... sound recordist (uncredited)
Norm Drain ... cable person (uncredited)
Al Marsh ... boom operator (uncredited)

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Cline Jones ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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James Malone ... stunt pilot
Bill Babcock ... stunts (uncredited)
John Daheim ... stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes ... stunts (uncredited)
Cole Palen ... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson ... stunts (uncredited)
J. Lewis Smith ... stunts (uncredited)
Elaine Walker ... stunt performer (uncredited)
Ted White ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack N. Young ... stunts (uncredited)

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Rex Wimpy ... photographer: second unit
Eve Arnold ... still photographer (uncredited)
Lefty Budman ... gaffer (uncredited)
Cornell Capa ... still photographer (uncredited)
Henri Cartier-Bresson ... still photographer (uncredited)
Charles Cowie ... key grip (uncredited)
Bruce Davidson ... still photographer (uncredited)
Elliott Erwitt ... still photographer (uncredited)
Ernst Haas ... still photographer (uncredited)
Ledge Haddow ... camera (uncredited)
Erich Hartmann ... still photographer (uncredited)
Richard A. Kelley ... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Carl Manoogian ... grip (uncredited)
Michael Moramarco ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Inge Morath ... still photographer (uncredited)
John Nostri ... gaffer (uncredited)
Eddie Pyle ... second camera (uncredited)
Lee Jones Schoenburg ... still photographer (uncredited)
Al St. Hilaire ... still photographer (uncredited)
Dennis Stock ... still photographer (uncredited)
Lew Swartz ... first camera (uncredited)
Clyde Taylor ... gaffer (uncredited)
Harry L. Underwood ... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jean Louis ... dresses: Marilyn Monroe / wardrobe: Miss Monroe
Dorothy Jeakins ... costumer: Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)
Jesse Munden ... costumer (uncredited)
Shirlee Strahm ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department

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Alex North ... conductor
Henry Brant ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Angela Allen ... script supervisor
Frank Remsden ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department

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Frank Khoury ... transportation (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Billy Jones ... wrangler
Edward Parone ... assistant to the producer
Friedrich von Ledebur ... horse master
Wayne Cutlip ... wrangler (uncredited)
Bob Davenport ... wrangler (uncredited)
Bruce Gailbraith ... wrangler (uncredited)
James W. Gavin ... helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Cindy James ... dog trainer (uncredited)
Eugene Logan ... production assistant (uncredited)
Evelyn Moriarty ... stand-in: Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)
George Nelson ... title designer: main titles (uncredited)
Corky Randall ... wrangler (uncredited)
Maurice Segal ... publicist (uncredited)
Jimmy Sherwood ... wrangler (uncredited)
Barlow Simpson ... wrangler (uncredited)
J. Lewis Smith ... dialogue coach (uncredited)
Paula Strasberg ... dialogue coach: Ms. Monroe (uncredited)
Ann Toth ... stand-in (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Roslyn Taber, the type of woman who turns heads easily, recently came to Reno to get a quickie divorce, she having no idea what to do with her life after that. She cannot tolerate seeing animal suffering, let alone human suffering. Coinciding with getting the divorce, Roslyn meets friends Gay Langland and Guido, a divorced aging grizzled cowboy and a widowed mechanic respectively. Although Guido makes no bones about wanting to get to know Roslyn in the biblical sense and although he "saw her first", Roslyn begins a relationship with Gay, despite Roslyn's friend Izzy Steers, who originally came to Reno years ago to get her own divorce and never left, warning her about cowboys as being unreliable, and despite Roslyn initially not being interested in Gay "in that way". Gay has grown children who he rarely sees and wishes he was there for more than was the case. Gay and Roslyn move into the under construction farmhouse owned by Guido, which he was building for his wife before she died. After spotting a small herd in the local mountains, Guido convinces Gay to do some mustanging - capturing wild mustangs - to sell them. In this and age, these mustangs, commercially, are good only as dog meat. Needing a third for their outing, they run into Perc Howland, a cowboy acquaintance, who is on his way to the Dayton Rodeo. He recently started the itinerant life out of necessity. Perc lives day to day, job to job, that is when he's not in the hospital recuperating from his many on the job injuries. They are able to convince Perc to join them after his events at the rodeo have concluded. Perc is just the latest to fall for Roslyn, while of the three men she feels the most protective toward Perc as the constantly injured one. The questions become whether the friendship and business of the three men can withstand the addition of Roslyn in their life, and if Roslyn can love any of three after seeing first hand what their life is all about. Written by Huggo

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Taglines 'SMASHING' thru the Excitement Barrier ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Misfits (France)
  • Les désaxés (France)
  • Les misfits (France)
  • Misfits - Les Désaxés (France)
  • Misfits - Nicht gesellschaftsfähig (Germany)
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  • 125 min
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Budget $4,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia One of Clark Gable's few on-the-set blow-ups occurred during the filming of the horse-roping scenes. When John Huston insisted on another take after Gable's stunt double had been injured, the actor walked off the set in disgust. See more »
Goofs When Roslyn and Perce are behind the bar, sitting near an old car and a pile of beer cans, the cans change places from cut to cut when seen from behind them. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963). See more »
Crazy Credits There are no closing credits of any kind. Not even the words "THE END" appear on the screen. See more »
Quotes Gay: Honey, we all got to go sometime, reason or no reason. Dyin's as natural as livin'. The man who's too afraid to die is too afraid to live.
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