This British film noir has an usual connection to Marilyn Monroe. Released in 1953, the same year as MM’s “Niagara”, it was released in the UK as “Marilyn”, while in the USA as “Roadhouse Girl”. The British made film is not about Marilyn Monroe in any way, though it does, with its main character, played by British actress, Sandra Dorne, bear a sticking resemblance to the character of Rose Loomis, in “Niagara”.
This well received film veers around themes of narcissism. The lead character is Marilyn Saunders, who lives in a make-believe world of fantasy where all is perfect. When reality intrudes upon this, then whoever intrudes upon her dream will pay a heavy price. She is unhappily married at the start of the film. A roaming mechanic comes to work for her husband and soon she is involved with him. This leads to the accidental death of her husband. She has fed her dreams to the mechanic and quickly drops him as she finds another stepping stone to her perfect life in the form of a playboy who is passing through.
The film is well worth checking out. I should say that the ending has not been given away here. Its themes are absolutely relevant to the world that we find ourselves in today. An age where narcissism is encouraged through social media.
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