Summaries

When Marilyn Monroe fell in love with Bobby Kennedy sparks flew. He, the charismatic politician and she, the beautiful movie star jilted by his brother. She thought he would leave his wife, but that was not to be.

Details

Keywords
  • marilyn monroe character
  • character names in title
  • robert f. kennedy character
  • j. edgar hoover character
  • peter lawford character
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Aug 3, 1993
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-14
Countries of origin United States Italy
Language English
Production companies Reteitalia Barry Weitz Films The Auerbach Company

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 29m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

As the title implies, this is a highly fictionalized account of a supposed sexual relationship Marilyn Monroe had with then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy after her supposed affair with his brother JFK, in the days preceding her supposed drug-overdose suicide, which according to this account was actually a cover-up for the relationship the Administration deemed an embarrassment. A number of leaps of faith are taken by the writer and are required by the viewer for this film to make any sense at all of the death of the actress who died at the age of 36. It takes no prisoners and shows little respect for the now-dead major players in the story. Watch it for James Kelly's spot-on portrayal of RFK, not so much for Melody Anderson's Marilyn, done with greater accuracy by Catherine Hicks in Marilyn: The Untold Story.

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