Moonrise (1948)

Name: Moonrise
Director: Frank Borzage
Released: 1948-10-01
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn, Rex Ingram

Drama

90 min

"HER ARMS...HER LOVE...HIS ONLY ESCAPE FROM A HERITAGE OF HATE!"

Plot Summary

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.