Editing Montgomery Clift (section)

== In popular culture ==

The song "The Right Profile" by the English punk rock band [[the Clash]], from their album ''[[London Calling]]'', is about the later life of Clift. The song alludes to his car crash and drug abuse, as well as the movies ''A Place in the Sun'', ''Red River'', ''From Here to Eternity'', and ''The Misfits'', before closing with what ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine describes as "a grudging admiration that becomes unexpectedly and astonishingly moving."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/london-calling-2-252761/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919110416/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/london-calling-2-252761/ |archive-date=September 19, 2023 |title=London Calling|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Tom|last=Carson|date=April 3, 1980|access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref> "[[Monty Got a Raw Deal]]" by rock band [[R.E.M.]] is also about him.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fletcher |first1=Tony |title=Remarks Remade: The Story Of REM |date=2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref> The song "Montgomery Clift" by British band [[Random Hold]] concerns the legend that Clift enjoyed hanging from the window ledges of tall buildings.

In the 2007 novel ''[[Zeroville]]'' and its 2019 [[Zeroville (film)|film adaptation]], the main character, Vikar, is fascinated by Clift. He has a tattoo of Clift and Elizabeth Taylor on his shaved head. Clift, portrayed by [[Dave Franco]], appears briefly in the movie.

Clift (portrayed by Gavin Adams) was a major supporting character in the 2020 feature film ''As Long As I’m Famous'', which explored his intimate relationship with a young [[Sidney Lumet]] during the summer of 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |last=frankie |title=As Long As I'm Famous: Broadwood Media's Bruce Reisman Discusses LGBTQ Inclusivity in Hollywood |url=https://baltimoreoutloud.com/wp/as-long-as-im-famous-broadwood-medias-bruce-reisman-discusses-lgbtq-inclusivity-in-hollywood/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129141345/http://baltimoreoutloud.com/wp/as-long-as-im-famous-broadwood-medias-bruce-reisman-discusses-lgbtq-inclusivity-in-hollywood/ |archive-date=29 November 2022 |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Baltimore OUTloud |language=en-US}}</ref>