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The Moonlighter

1953 • 1h18m Western

Rating

5.7/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Roy Rowland

Screenplay

Niven Busch

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

Fred MacMurray

Ward Bond

Release date

9/19/1953

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

11