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Blood on the Moon is an RKO black-and-white 1948 "psychological" western directed by Robert Wise with cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca. The film, starring Robert Mitchum, has many film noir elements. It was shot in California and some of the more scenic shots at Red Rock Crossing, Sedona, Arizona. Based on the novel by Luke Short.

Plot

Mitchum plays drifter cowboy Jim Garry. After receiveing a job-offer letter from smooth-talking Tae Rilling (Preston), Garry rides into an Indian reservation and finds himself in the middle of a feud between cattle ranchers and homesteaders. What Garry doesn't realize is that Rilling, the man he now works for, is crooked. Tate plans to swindle naive landowners in an elaborate scheme involving a plan to make sure that cattle owner Lufton and his family don't get grazing land thereby losing their cattle. At first aligning himself with Rilling, Garry finally figures out that his so-called friend is up to no good and switches loyalty to Lufton and his daughters, leading to a bloody showdown.

Cast

Robert Mitchum
as Jim Garry
Barbara Bel Geddes
as Amy Lufton
Robert Preston
as Tate Riling
Walter Brennan
as Kris Barden
Phyllis Thaxter
as Carol Lufton
Frank Faylen
as Jake Pindalest
Tom Tully
as John Lufton
Charles McGraw
as Milo Sweet
Clifton Young
as Joe Shotten

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