Moonrise

Moonrise

1948 · 90 min · EN · NR · 6.2 (62 votes)
Dir. Frank Borzage · Starring Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn, Rex Ingram, Harry Morgan · Music William Lava

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

Drama

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 fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

VIBE

A deeply atmospheric and brooding noir. It's a tense, shadowy descent into guilt and the desperate search for redemption, set against a humid, oppressive backdrop. The performances are raw and full of wounded souls.

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