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Moonrise

6.2 90 mins Drama   1948
Republic Pictures  
Director(s): Frank Borzage

Release Date: 01 Fri, Oct 1948

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 fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

Casts of Moonrise

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

Phil Brown

as Elmer - Soda Jerk

Harry Cheshire

as J.B. Sykes

Lila Leeds

as Julie

Virginia Mullen

as Miss Simpkins

Oliver Blake

as Ed Conlon

Tom Fadden

as Homer Blackstone

Charles Lane

as Mr. Chandler

Clem Bevans

as Coroner

Ed Rees

as

Renee Donatt

as Ticket Seller (uncredited)

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