Moontide (1942)
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65% of users liked it
(103 ratings)
Forced to flee Paris during the Occupation, the great French leading man Jean Gabin starred in a brace of Hollywood films, the best of which was the first, 20th Century-Fox's Moontide. Cast to type, Gabin plays Bobo, a brooding itinerant dock-worker who gets mixed up in a drunken brawl. Upon… More Forced to flee Paris during the Occupation, the great French leading man Jean Gabin starred in a brace of Hollywood films, the best of which was the first, 20th Century-Fox's Moontide. Cast to type, Gabin plays Bobo, a brooding itinerant dock-worker who gets mixed up in a drunken brawl. Upon awakening, Bobo is convinced that he has killed a man by his mercenary "pal" Tiny (Thomas Mitchell). Despairing at the thought of having committed murder, not to mentioned being blackmailed for the rest of his life by the treacherous Tiny, Bobo is able to find a few fleeting moments of happiness with Anna (Ida Lupino), a suicidal young girl whom he has saved from a watery grave (The intensity of the love scenes may well be due to the allegedly real-life romance between Jean Gabin and Ida Lupino). Novelist John O'Hara adapted the screenplay from a book by actor Willard Robertson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Archie Mayo
- Written By
- John O'Hara, Willard Robertson
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1942 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 2, 2008
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Mushy Hollywood romantic drama posing as film noir.
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Cast
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Jean Gabin
as Bobo
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Ida Lupino
as Anna
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Thomas Mitchell
as Tiny
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Claude Rains
as Nutsy
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Jerome Cowan
as Dr. Frank Brothers
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Helene Reynolds
as Woman on boat
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Ralph Byrd
as Reverend Wilson
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William Halligan
as Bartender
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Chester Gan
as Henry Hirota
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Robin Raymond
as Mildred
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Arthur Ayleswofth
as Pop Kelly
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Arthur Hohl
as Flophouse clerk
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John Kelly
as Mac
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Ralph Dunn
as Policeman
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Tully Marshall
as Mr. Simpson
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Tom Dugan
as lst Waiter
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Gertrude Astor
as Woman
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Bruce Edwards
as Man
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Vera Lewis
as Mrs. Simpson
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Roseanne Murray
as Girl on beach
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Marion Rosamond
as Girl on beach
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Victor Sen Yung
as Takeo
