The Misfits (1961) is a American drama film, written by Arthur Miller, directed by John Huston, and starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, and Eli Wallach. It was the final film appearance for both Gable and Monroe. Even though it was not a commercial success at the time of its release, it garnered critical respect for its script and performances.

Story

The Misfits takes place in Reno. It depicts the chance meeting and friendship of a depressed divorcée, Roslyn Taber (Monroe), and Gay Langland (Gable), an aging ex-cowboy prone to gambling and surviving on mustang rustling. He sells the horses to slaughterhouses for the manufacture of dog food. Wallach plays Guido, Langland's pilot partner, and Clift plays Perce Howland, a drifter rodeo rider. The rodeo scenes were filmed in Dayton, Nevada, northeast of Carson City. The climax takes place during wrangling scenes on a dry Nevada lakebed east of Dayton near Stagecoach, Nevada. The lakebed today is known as “Misfit Flat." “Guy Rocha, ″Myth #60 - Myths and ‘The Misfits,′″ Nevada State Library and Archives, originally published in Sierra Sage magazine, Jan. 2001