The Moon Is Down (film)

The Moon Is Down
Directed byIrving Pichel
Written byNunnally Johnson
Based onthe novel The Moon Is Down
by John Steinbeck
Produced byWilliam Goetz and Nunnally Johnson
StarringCedric Hardwicke
Henry Travers
Lee J. Cobb
Dorris Bowdon
CinematographyArthur Miller
Edited byLouis Loeffler
Music byAlfred Newman
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release dates
  • March 13, 1943 (1943-03-13) (Toronto, Canada)
  • March 26, 1943 (1943-03-26) (New York)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.7 million[1]
Box office$1.2 million (US rentals)[2]

The Moon Is Down is a 1943 American war film starring Cedric Hardwicke, Lee J. Cobb and Henry Travers and directed by Irving Pichel. The Screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson and is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. This was the Dorris Bowdon's last movie and Natalie Wood's first movie and features an uncredited John Banner who would go on to play Sgt. Shultz in the TV comedy series Hogan's Heroes.[3]

  1. ^ "Top Coin Pix Minus Stars". Variety. March 1943. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
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