'' Something 's Got to Give '' is an unfinished 1962 American feature film , directed by George Cukor for 20th Century Fox and starring Marilyn Monroe , Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse . A remake of '' My Favorite Wife '' ( 1940 ) , a screwball comedy starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant , it was Monroe 's last work , but from the beginning its production was disrupted by her personal troubles , and after her death on August 5 , 1962 , the film was abandoned . Most of its completed footage remained unseen for many years
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