The Stalking Moon

The Stalking Moon

1968 · 109 min · EN · G · 5.8 (63 votes)
Dir. Robert Mulligan · Starring Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Forster, Noland Clay, Russell Thorson, Frank Silvera · Music Fred Karlin

He comes with the stalking moon. Silently. Relentlessly. And when he comes there is no place to hide.

Western

While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sarah Carver, living with the tribe. When Sam learns that she was taken captive by an Indian named Salvaje ten years ago, he attempts to escort Sarah and her half-Native American son to his home in New Mexico. However, it soon becomes clear that Salvaje is hot on their trail.

VIBE

A grim, atmospheric western where the vast, unforgiving landscape mirrors the characters' internal struggles. It's a tense, slow-burn pursuit filled with palpable dread and a sense of inevitable tragedy.

tensebleaksuspensefulmelancholicsteadyrevisionist westerngritty realismcharacter-drivensurvivalprejudicecultural conflictloss
based on novel or booknew mexico
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