Movie poster for The Moon and Sixpence
TMDb Rating
6.1/10

18 verified votes

The Moon and Sixpence (1942)

Drama
89 min

"Strange DREAMS - He had ideas he never told her about...He didn't dare!"

Plot Summary

Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.

Director

Albert Lewin

Top Cast

George SandersHerbert MarshallDoris DudleyEric BloreAlbert Bassermann

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