Movie Description When the son of a convicted killer can no longer bear the public shame of his father's hanging, he flies into a fit of rage and kills one of his tormentors. Not wanting to relive his father's fate, he must confront the consequences of his actions. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound Recording.
| Credits | | Producer: | Charles F. Haas | | Cast: | Allyn Joslyn, Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Phil Brown |
Notes A Charles K. Feldman Group production.
"Moonrise" was originally to be made by Marshal Grant Productions. They had purchased the rights to Strauss' novel with the idea that James Stewart or John Garfield would star, with William Wellman directing; a screenplay had even been written by Vladimir Posner. Eventually, Grant sold the movie rights to Charles K. Feldman.
New York Daily News critic Dave Kehr wrote in the Spring 1973 issue of "Focus!" (a Chicago film journal) that "'Moonrise' is the last film Frank Borzage completed before the blacklist forced him into a ten-year period of inactivity." Borzage had never previously been linked to the group of filmmakers banished during the McCarthy era. It is true that after "Moonrise" (1948), Borzage did not work again until 1958 when he made "China Doll". The next year he directed his final film, "The Big Fisherman" (1959). Borzage died in 1961.
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