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Glasgow Film Festival · 2026

Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Marilyn Monroe 100

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5 films · 1 review

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The Asphalt Jungle

A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.

(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)

Don't Bother To Knock

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.

(Country: US; Year: 1952; Director: Roy Ward Baker; Writer: Daniel Taradash, Charlotte Armstrong; Stars: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe star in the big screen spectacular about Two Little Girls from Little Rock.

(Country: US; Director: Howard Hawks; Stars: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow)

The Prince And The Showgirl

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 1957; Director: Laurence Olivier; Writer: Terence Rattigan; Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Richard Wattis, David Horne)

Some Like It Hot

Review preview for Some Like It Hot

This is possibly the raciest picture ever to get a U-rating.

Scott Macdonald · 5 out of 5
Classic cross-dressing comedy as two unemployed musicians go on the run from gangsters in an all-girl band.

(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)

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