The Moon Is Blue
“From the Sensational Stage Hit That Ran 3 years on Broadway!”
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
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Cast
10 people
William Holden
Donald Gresham
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Niven
David Slater
Known for
The Pink Panther
Around the World in 80 Days
Maggie McNamara
Patty O'Neill
Known for
Three Coins in the Fountain
The Cardinal
Tom Tully
Michael O'Neill
Known for
Coogan's Bluff
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Dawn Addams
Cynthia Slater
Known for
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
A King in New York
Fortunio Bonanova
Television Performer
Known for
Citizen Kane
Double Indemnity
Gregory Ratoff
Taxi Driver
Known for
All About Eve
I'm No Angel
Johannes Heesters
Tourist (uncredited)
Known for
Otto - The Movie
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
Hardy Krüger
Tourist (uncredited)
Known for
Barry Lyndon
Hatari!
Johanna Matz
Tourist (uncredited)
Also in
They Were So Young
The White Horse Inn
Otto Preminger Director · F. Hugh Herbert Screenplay Herschel Burke Gilbert Composer
Worldwide gross $3.5M · Budget $400K · United States release July 8, 1953
Box office
Budget
$400,000
Worldwide gross
$3,500,000
Gross vs. budget
8.8×
Production
Otto Preminger Films
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 8, 1953
Theatrical
France
September 25, 1953 · Theatrical
Germany
June 1, 1960 · Theatrical
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