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FilmMovie ReviewsMarilyn — 1963

Marilyn

1963

1h 23m

Documentary

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Cast

Marilyn Monroe (Self)Rock Hudson (Narrator)Lauren Bacall (Schatze Page)Anne Baxter (Kit Dodge Jr.)Charles Coburn (Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman)Celeste Holm (Karen)Robert Mitchum (Matt Calder)Jane Russell (Dorothy Shaw)

Director

Henry Koster

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Synopsis

Anthology of excerpts from Marilyn Monroe's 20th Century-Fox output, narrated by Rock Hudson, and created as a cinematic eulogy to Monroe, who died the year before.

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