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Moontide

A Great New Star to thrill you! Strange romance to intrigue you!

6.4(48)19421h 34m1

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • california
  • drowning
  • san francisco, california
  • suicide attempt
  • blackout
  • film noir
  • harbor
  • drifter
  • strangulation
  • wedding ceremony
  • strangler
  • dock

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Archie Mayo

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR29 May 1942
  • XCXC

    • Theatrical26 Feb 1947

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Moontide was released on 29 May 1942.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    9/24/2017

    6/10

    Sunnyside Up and Red Dot. Moontide is directed by Archie Mayo and adapted to screenplay by John O'Hara from the novel written by Willard Robertson. Its stars Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell and Claude Rains. Music is by David Buttolph and Cyril J. Mockridge, with cinematography by Charles G. Clarke. Sometimes weird, sometimes wonderful, but also wasteful, Moontide is a choppy experience. Hindered by pro…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    12/24/2024

    7/10

    After a drinken brawl late one evening, "Bobo" (Jean Gabin) fears that he has accidentally done for a man and so takes a job in an isolated and lonely part of their local harbour. His best pal "Tiny" (Thomas Mitchell) is his only contact with the outside world until he happens upon the desperate "Anna" (Ida Lupino) whom he saves from taking the easy way out. It's not an easy friendship at first, but gradually the two…

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