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Moonrise

"HER ARMS...HER LOVE...HIS ONLY ESCAPE FROM A HERITAGE OF HATE!"

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NR 1948 · 1h 30m
Drama
Starring Dane Clark · Gail Russell · Ethel Barrymore
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Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s girlfriend, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

Theatrical
Oct 1, 1948
Director
Frank Borzage
Writer
Charles F. Haas
Producers
Marshall Grant, Charles F. Haas
Music
William Lava
Studio
Republic Pictures
Keywords
difficult childhood harassment self-defense swamp childhood trauma film noir guilt surrender hiding from the police dead father righteous rage accidental killing bully victim child raised by grandmother criminal father execution by hanging
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Cast

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D
Dane Clark
Danny Hawkins
G
Gail Russell
Gilly Johnson
E
Ethel Barrymore
Grandma
A
Allyn Joslyn
Clem Otis
R
Rex Ingram
Mose
H
Harry Morgan
Billy Scripture
D
David Street
Ken Williams
S
Selena Royle
Aunt Jessie
H
Harry Carey Jr.
Jimmy Biff
I
Irving Bacon
Judd Jenkins
L
Lloyd Bridges
Jerry Sykes
H
Houseley Stevenson
Uncle Joe Jingle
P
Phil Brown
Elmer - Soda Jerk
H
Harry Cheshire
J.B. Sykes
L
Lila Leeds
Julie
V
Virginia Mullen
Miss Simpkins
O
Oliver Blake
Ed Conlon
T
Tom Fadden
Homer Blackstone
C
Charles Lane
Mr. Chandler
C
Clem Bevans
Coroner

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