MOONRISE

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• Release Year: 1948
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
• Plot: A small-town fable about violence and redemption, Moonrise is the final triumph of Frank Borzage, one of Hollywood’s most neglected masters. Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, young Danny (Dane Clark) 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, Danny makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée (Gail Russell), a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression. With this postwar comeback, Borzage recaptured the inspiration that had animated his long and audacious early career, marrying the lyrical force of his romantic sensibility with the psychological anguish of film noir, in a stunning vindication of faith in the power of love.
• Cast: 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, Gary Armstrong, George Backus, Bill Borzage, Johnny Calkins, Jimmy Crane, Michael Dill, Renee Donatt, John Harmon, Jimmy Hawkins, Timmy Hawkins, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Bob Hoffman, Tommy Ivo, Jimmy Kelly, Harry Lauter, Linda Lombard, Monte Lowell, Casey MacGregor, Doreen McCann, Joel McGinnis, Lee Miller, Monte Montague, Frank O'Connor, Stephen Peck, Stelita Ravel, Ed Rees, Amzie Strickland, Candy Toxton, Archie Twitchell, Helen Wallace, Frank Borzage, Charles F. Haas, Theodore Strauss
• Director: Frank Borzage
• Runtime: 1:30
• Company: The Criterion Collection, Paramount Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie