Moontide (1942)
- Starring:
- Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, (more)
- Director(s):
- Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang, (more
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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, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 95 mins
Complete Cast:
- Jean Gabin - Bobo
- Thomas Mitchell - Tiny
- Jerome Cowan - Dr. Frank Brothers
- Ralph Byrd - Reverend Wilson
- Chester Gan - Henry Hirota
- Arthur Ayleswofth - Pop Kelly
- John Kelly - Mac
- Tully Marshall - Mr. Simpson
- Victor Sen Yung - Takeo
- Gertrude Astor - Woman
- Roseanne Murray - Girl on beach
- Ida Lupino - Anna
- Claude Rains - Nutsy
- Helene Reynolds - Woman on boat
- William Halligan - Bartender
- Robin Raymond - Mildred
- Arthur Hohl - Flophouse clerk
- Ralph Dunn - Policeman
- Tom Dugan - lst Waiter
- Marion Rosamond - Girl on beach
- Bruce Edwards - Man
- Vera Lewis - Mrs. Simpson
- Director(s):
- Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang
- Writer(s):
- John O'Hara
- Producer(s):
- Mark Hellinger
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- 1942 - Moontide - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1942 - Moontide - National Board of Review - Best Acting
