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Moonrise (1948)

Directed by Frank Borzage

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.

Rated NR | Length 90 minutes

Actors

Dane Clark | Gail Russell | Ethel Barrymore | Allyn Joslyn | Rex Ingram | Harry Morgan | David Street | Selena Royle | Harry Carey, Jr. | Irving Bacon | Lloyd Bridges | Houseley Stevenson | Phil Brown | Harry Cheshire | Lila Leeds | Virginia Mullen | Oliver Blake | Tom Fadden | Charles Lane | Clem Bevans | George Backus | William A. Boardway | Bill Borzage | Johnny Calkins | Donald Chaffin | Jimmy Crane | Roy Damron | John Harmon | Jimmy Hawkins | Timmy Hawkins | Robert 'Buzz' Henry | Bob Hoffman | Shep Houghton | Tommy Ivo | Jimmy Kelly | Harry Lauter | Linda Lombard | Casey MacGregor | Doreen McCann | Joel McGinnis | Lee Miller | Monte Montague | Frank O'Connor | Stephen Peck | Ed Rees | Amzie Strickland | Candy Toxton | Archie Twitchell | Helen Wallace | Renee Donatt