Moonrise (film)

Moonrise
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Borzage
Screenplay byCharles F. Haas
Based onthe novel Moonrise
by Theodore Strauss
Produced byCharles F. Haas
StarringDane Clark
Gail Russell
Ethel Barrymore
CinematographyJohn L. Russell
Edited byHarry Keller
Music byWilliam Lava
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Marshall Grant
Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • October 1, 1948 (1948-10-01)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$849,452[1]

Moonrise is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Frank Borzage starring Dane Clark, Gail Russell and Ethel Barrymore.[2] It is based on the 1946 novel of the same name by Theodore Strauss. The plot concerns the son of a man who was hanged for murder, leading to his own bullying by others and subsequent trials when he commits a crime in self-defense.

  1. ^ Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (1975). "The Economic Imperative: Why Was the B Movie Necessary?". In Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (eds.). Kings of the Bs : working within the Hollywood system : an anthology of film history and criticism. E. P. Dutton. p. 30.
  2. ^ Moonrise at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.