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The Asphalt Jungle (Country: US; Year: 1950; Director: John Huston; Writer: Ben Maddow, John Huston, WR Burnett; Stars: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Marilyn Monroe)
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
Don't Bother To Knock (Country: US; Year: 1952; Director: Roy Ward Baker; Writer: Daniel Taradash, Charlotte Armstrong; Stars: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran)
After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter employed by the hotel where he lives and gradually comes to realise that she's dangerous.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Country: US; Director: Howard Hawks; Stars: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow)
Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe star in the big screen spectacular about Two Little Girls from Little Rock.
The Prince And The Showgirl (Country: UK, US; Year: 1957; Director: Laurence Olivier; Writer: Terence Rattigan; Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Richard Wattis, David Horne)
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
Some Like It Hot (Country: USA; Year: 1959; Director: Billy Wilder; Writer: Billy Wilder, IAL Diamond, Robert Thoeren, Michael Logan; Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Nehemiah Persoff, Joan Shawlee, Billy Gray, George E. Stone, Dave Barry, Mike Mazurki, Harry Wilson, Beverly Wills, Barbara Drew)
Classic cross-dressing comedy as two unemployed musicians go on the run from gangsters in an all-girl band.
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