Movie
Moonrise (1948)
HER ARMS...HER LOVE...HIS ONLY ESCAPE FROM A HERITAGE OF HATE!
Drama
Story
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s girlfriend, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.
Director: Frank Borzage Starring: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn
Moonrise Cast
- Dane Clark as Danny Hawkins
- Gail Russell as Gilly Johnson
- Ethel Barrymore as Grandma
- Allyn Joslyn as Clem Otis
- Rex Ingram as Mose
- Harry Morgan as Billy Scripture
- David Street as Ken Williams
- Selena Royle as Aunt Jessie
- Harry Carey Jr. as Jimmy Biff
- Irving Bacon as Judd Jenkins
- Lloyd Bridges as Jerry Sykes
- Houseley Stevenson as Uncle Joe Jingle