The Moonlighter

The Moonlighter

THE MOST MAN-WOMAN EXCITEMENT EVENT TO EXPLODE OFF THE SCREEN IN Natural Vision 3DIMENSION!

NR 1953 · 78 min · ★ 6.0 · Western

Wes Anderson is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they don't know what he looks like. Still, they break into the prison and lynch a hobo they think is Wes, while the actual culprit sneaks off to see his old flame, Rela, who has recently taken up with his straitlaced brother, Tom (William Ching). But Tom is envious of his outlaw brother, and he decides to join Wes in a life of crime.

Directed by Roy Rowland · Written by Niven Busch

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Barbara Stanwyck Rela
Fred MacMurray Wes Anderson
Ward Bond Cole Gardner
William Ching Tom Anderson
John Dierkes Sheriff Daws
Morris Ankrum Alexander Prince
Jack Elam Slim
Charles Halton Clemmons Usqubaugh
Norman Leavitt Tidy
Sam Flint Mr. Mott
Myra Marsh Mrs. Anderson
William Kerwin Tony

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