Blood on the Moon (1948)

NR11/11/1948Western, Romance1h 28m
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A woman's bullet kills as quick as a man's!

Overview

Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.

Top Billed Cast

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    Robert Mitchum

    Jim Garry

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    Barbara Bel Geddes

    Amy Lufton

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    Robert Preston

    Tate Riling

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    Walter Brennan

    Kris Barden

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    Phyllis Thaxter

    Carol Lufton

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    Frank Faylen

    Jake Pindalest

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    Tom Tully

    John Lufton

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    Charles McGraw

    Milo Sweet

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    Clifton Young

    Joe Shotten

I can buy me that kind of friend for $75 a month and no questions asked. Blood on the Moon is directed by Robert Wise and is adapted from a Luke Short story by Lillie Hayward and Harold Shumante. It stars Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Phyllis Thaxter, Frank Faylen, Tom Tully and Charles McGraw. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca. Story has Mitchum as drifting cowboy Jim Garry, who after receiving a job offer in the mail from old acquaintance Tate Riling (Preston), finds himself pitched in the middle of a war between cattle ranc...