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Moonrise (1948)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:4
Rotten:0
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Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Danny Hawkins' father was hanged for murder when the boy was still in his crib. And although young Danny is fully grown now, he still lives under the long shadow of that legacy. Abused both... Danny Hawkins' father was hanged for murder when the boy was still in his crib. And although young Danny is fully grown now, he still lives under the long shadow of that legacy. Abused both physically and emotionally by the children in the small southern town where he was raised, Danny finds his only escape as a young adult in his romance with a local schoolteacher named Gilly. But fate leads Hawkins down a dark road when, in self-defense, he accidentally kills a wealthy young dandy who has tormented him since his schoolyard days. Now Danny is on the run, as much afraid of the blood that runs inside him as he is of the blood on his hands. Forced to give up his precious Gilly and his mentor Old Mose, Danny flees into the murky swamp to face down his past once and for all. [More]
Starring: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn
Starring: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn, Lloyd Bridges, Harry Morgan, Phil Brown, Rex Ingram, Charles Lane
Director: Frank Borzage
Director: Frank Borzage
Producer: Charles F. Haas
Screenwriter: Charles S. Haas
Composer: William Lava
Reviews for Moonrise
Parte noir, parte melodrama, o filme funciona como estudo de personagens e conto de moralidade, mas se enfraquece sempre que se entrega ao água-com-açúcar entre o conturbado protagonista e a mocinha.
A compromised film noir, due to themes of redemption and a happy ending, the newly restored Moonrise merits attention for it visual and sound elements, particularly stylized b/w cinematography of John Russell, who in 1960 shot Hitchcock's Psycho.
The film's beauty lies in Borzage's overpowering visual mise-en-scene.
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