Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

1948 · 88 min · EN · NR · 6.1 (54 votes)
Dir. Robert Wise · Starring Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Phyllis Thaxter, Frank Faylen · Music Roy Webb

A WOMAN'S BULLET KILLS AS QUICK AS A MAN'S!

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Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.

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A dusty, morally ambiguous frontier tale. It's a slow burn of simmering resentments and unexpected sparks, where loyalty is tested and a lone drifter finds himself caught between old debts and a burgeoning, dangerous romance.

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