Moonrise / a Republic presentation ; Frank Borzage's ; screen play by Charles Haas ; a Marshall Grant Pictures production produced by Charles Haas ; directed by Frank Borzage.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
1.37:1 aspect ratio, full screen. Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn, Rex Ingram, Henry Morgan, David Street, Selena Royle, Harry Carey, Jr., Irving Bacon, Lloyd Bridges, Houseley Stevenson, Phil Brown, Harry V. Cheshire, Lila Leeds. Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Based on the novel Moonrise by Theodore Strauss. Special features: New conversation between author Hervé Dumont and film historian Peter Cowie ; on insert, essay by critic Philip Kemp.
Summary:
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, young Danny is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormenter. As the police close in around him, Danny makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man's fiancé, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression. A small-town fable about violence and redemption, it is the final triumph of Frank Borzage, one of Hollywood's most neglected masters.
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