On a budget of $2.2 million, the domestic box-office revenue totaled $7.27 million.The film""s success earned Monroe better roles opposite such stars as Laurence Olivier (as Elsie inThe Prince and the Showgirl (1957)), Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis (as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk inSome Like It Hot (1959)), and Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift (as Roslyn Taber inThe Misfits (1961)), before her untimely death at the age of 36 in 1962.Plot SynopsisThe film begins with a title: "Korea 1952" during he Korean War.Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey with an English accent!) and Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) are part of an American infantry platoon that is serving overseas in Korea.Scout: How old were you?Jem: Six.Scout: Old as I am now.Jem: Uh huh.Scout: Was Mama pretty?Jem: Uh, huh.Scout: Was Mama nice?Jem: Uh, huh.Scout: Did you love her?Jem: Yes.Scout: Did I love her?Jem: Yes.Scout: Do you miss her?Jem: Uh, huh.They are trying to come to terms with the ambiguities and uncertainties of their lives, and justice (and injustice) in he world.B.Warner inLost Horizon (1937)Peter Lorre in theMr.Motoseries of films (1937-1939)Gale Sondergaard inThe Letter (1940)Katharine Hepburn and Walter Huston inDragon Seed (1944)Jennifer Jones inLove Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)John Wayne inThe Conqueror (1956)Marlon Brando inThe Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)Robert Donat and German actor Curt Juergens inThe Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)Mickey Rooney inBreakfast at Tiffany""s (1961)The Warner Bros.