Moonrise

Moonrise

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1948-10-01
Genre:Drama
Duration:90 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Frank Borzage
Actors:Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn, Rex Ingram
Production:Republic Pictures

Overview:

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.

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