Blood on the Moon (1948) 6.9
Unemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton. Director:Robert Wise |
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Blood on the Moon (1948) 6.9
Unemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton. Director:Robert Wise |
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Robert Mitchum | ... | ||
Barbara Bel Geddes | ... | ||
Robert Preston | ... | ||
Walter Brennan | ... | ||
Phyllis Thaxter | ... | ||
Frank Faylen | ... | ||
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Tom Tully | ... |
John Lufton
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Charles McGraw | ... |
Milo Sweet
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Clifton Young | ... |
Joe Shotten
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Tom Tyler | ... |
Frank Reardon
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George Cooper | ... | |
Tom Keene | ... |
Ted Elser
(as Richard Powers)
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Bud Osborne | ... |
Cap Willis
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Zon Murray | ... |
Nels Titterton
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Robert Bray | ... |
Bart Daniels
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When a shady-looking stranger rides into town to join his old friend it is assumed he is a hired gun. But as the new man comes to realise the unlawful nature of his buddy's business and the way the homesteaders are being used, the two men draw apart to become sworn enemies. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Class A western with a great Robert Mitchum performance. Unlike other tall men riding in the films of that time, Mitchum's character is not a snow white hero coming to save the day,but a darkened figure just two steps from being an outlaw. Robert Preston is the charming,jovial wolf in a manner similar to Arthur Kennedy in Bend In the River and Robert Ryan's performance in The Naked Spur. Their epic brawl in an out of the way dingy saloon is one of the best movie fights ranking with John Wayne's and Randolph Scott's The Spoilers duel. Proves that RKO was for a time home to some true innovations in movie story telling. Mitchum's character will only go so far and thanks to Barbara Bel Geddes non Cathy turn as a frontier woman who gradually replaces her Calamity Jane-ish dress to become, seemingly, more domesticated in the manners of both typical western heroines and the mainstream movie going publics view of women after WWII ( Rosie the Riveter transforming into June Cleaver). The fact is though she isn't a screamer nor a corner huddler but equally as strong as Moody Bob. Great Western.