The Moonlighter
5.8
“THE MOST MAN-WOMAN EXCITEMENT EVENT TO EXPLODE OFF THE SCREEN IN Natural Vision 3DIMENSION!”
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.
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Cast
16 people
Barbara Stanwyck
Rela
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Lady Eve
Fred MacMurray
Wes Anderson
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Apartment
Ward Bond
Cole Gardner
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
The Searchers
William Ching
Tom Anderson
Known for
In a Lonely Place
D.O.A.
John Dierkes
Sheriff Daws
Known for
The Omega Man
Shane
Morris Ankrum
Alexander Prince
Known for
In a Lonely Place
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Jack Elam
Slim
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Cannonball Run
Charles Halton
Clemmons Usqubaugh
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around the Corner
Norman Leavitt
Tidy
Known for
The Family Jewels
The Day of the Locust
Sam Flint
Mr. Mott
Known for
Batman
Somewhere in the Night
Myra Marsh
Mrs. Anderson
Also in
The Man from the Alamo
Ruby Gentry
William Kerwin
Tony
Known for
Blood Feast
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Roy Rowland Director · Niven Busch Screenplay Bert Glennon Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1M · United States release September 19, 1953 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,000,000
Production
Joseph Bernhard Productions Inc.
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 19, 1953
Theatrical
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