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Moonrise 
Film lobby card for Moonrise featuring Dane Clark and Gail RussellDirected by Frank Borzage Produced by Charles Haas Written by Theodore Strauss (novel)
Charles HaasStarring Dane Clark
Gail Russell
Ethel BarrymoreDistributed by Republic Pictures Corporation Release date(s) October 1, 1948 (U.S. release) Running time 90 minutes Country United States Language English Moonrise is a black-and-white 1948 film noir directed by Frank Borzage.
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Plot
Dane Clark plays Danny Hawkins, the son of a murderer who was hanged for his crimes. Haunted by his father's past, the young man is tormented by the young people of the small southern town in which he lives. Hawkins' only friend is Gilly Johnson (Russell), a girl who is quickly falling in love with him. When Hawkins kills a bully in self-defense, he fears the same fate as his father. When the dead body is found and Sheriff Clem Otis (Allyn Joslyn) starts closing in, Danny becomes crazed. He jumps off a Ferris wheel and nearly strangles a harmless mute (Morgan) who found Hawkins' pocket knife near the body. While hiding out in the swamps, Hawkins visits his Grandma (Barrymore) who tells him the truth about his father's crime. Hawkins realizes he's not tainted by "bad blood" and turns himself in to the police.
Featured cast
Actor Role Dane Clark Danny Hawkins Gail Russell Gilly Johnson Ethel Barrymore Grandma Allyn Joslyn Clem Otis Rex Ingram Mose Harry Morgan Billy Scripture Lloyd Bridges plays bully Jerry Sykes. Also appearing in the film are Harry Carey, Jr. and Irving Bacon.
Awards
Moonrise received an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Recording (Daniel J. Bloomberg) in 1948.[1]
References
- ^ "The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/21st-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
External links
The films of Frank Borzage 1910s The Pride and the Man • Dollars of Dross • Land o' Lizards • Immediate Lee • Flying Colors • Until They Get Me • The Gun Woman • The Curse of Iku • The Shoes That Danced • Innocent's Progress • Society for Sale • An Honest Man • Who Is to Blame? • The Ghost Flower • The Atom • Toton the Apache • Whom the Gods Would Destroy • Prudence on Broadway1920s Humoresque • The Duke of Chimney Butte • Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford • Back Pay • Billy Jim • The Good Provider • The Valley of Silent Men • The Pride of Palomar • The Nth Commandment • Children of the Dust • The Age of Desire • Secrets • The Lady • Daddy's Gone A-Hunting • The Circle • Lazybones • Wages for Wives • The First Year • The Dixie Merchant • Early to Wed • Marriage License? • Seventh Heaven • Street Angel • Lucky Star • They Had to See Paris • The River1930s Song o' My Heart • Liliom • Doctors' Wives • Young as You Feel • Bad Girl • After Tomorrow • Young America • A Farewell to Arms • Secrets • Man's Castle • No Greater Glory • Little Man, What Now? • Flirtation Walk • Living on Velvet • Stranded • Shipmates Forever • Desire • Hearts Divided • Green Light • History Is Made at Night • Big City • Mannequin • Three Comrades • The Shining Hour • Disputed Passage1940s Strange Cargo • The Mortal Storm • Flight Command • Smilin' Through • The Vanishing Virginian • Seven Sweethearts • Stage Door Canteen • His Butler's Sister • Till We Meet Again • The Spanish Main • Magnificent Doll • I've Always Loved You • That's My Man • Moonrise1950s Television Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956)Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1948 films
- 1940s drama films
- Film noir
- Films directed by Frank Borzage
- Independent films
- 1940s drama film stubs
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