- Moonfleet (1955 film)
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Moonfleet Directed by Fritz Lang Produced by John Houseman Written by J. Meade Falkner
Jan Lustig
Margaret FittsStarring Stewart Granger
George Sanders
Joan Greenwood
Viveca LindforsMusic by Vicente Gómez
Miklós RózsaCinematography Robert H. Planck Distributed by MGM Release date(s) June 24, 1955 (US) Running time 87 min. Language English Budget $1,955,000[1] Box office $1,680,000[2] Moonfleet is a 1955 film directed by Fritz Lang which was inspired by the novel Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner,[3] although significant alterations were made in the characters and plot.
A gothic melodrama set in Britain during the eighteenth century, the film is about John Mohune, a young orphan, played by Jon Whiteley, who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox, played by Stewart Granger, is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.[4]
References
- ^ 'The Eddie Mannix Ledger’, Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles
- ^ 'The Eddie Mannix Ledger’, Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles
- ^ Moonfleet at IMDB
- ^ Halliwell's Film Guide, 6th edition, 1987, p. 703
External links
- Moonfleet at the Internet Movie Database
- Moonfleet at AllRovi
Films directed by Fritz Lang Filmography 1919-
1933Halbblut · Der Herr der Liebe · The Spiders, Part 1 · Harakiri · The Spiders, Part 2 · Das wandernde Bild · Vier um die Frau · Destiny · Dr. Mabuse the Gambler · Die Nibelungen: Siegfried · Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache · Metropolis · Spione · Woman in the Moon · M · The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1934-
1956Liliom · Fury · You Only Live Once · You and Me · The Return of Frank James · Western Union · Man Hunt · Moontide · Hangmen Also Die! · Ministry of Fear · The Woman in the Window · Scarlet Street · Cloak and Dagger · Secret Beyond the Door · House by the River · American Guerrilla in the Philippines · Rancho Notorious · Clash by Night · The Blue Gardenia · The Big Heat · Human Desire · Moonfleet · While the City Sleeps · Beyond a Reasonable DoubtLater Categories:- 1955 films
- 1950s adventure films
- Swashbuckler films
- American adventure films
- English-language films
- Films based on novels
- Films directed by Fritz Lang
- Films shot in CinemaScope
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Action film stubs
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