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Moonrise is a black-and-white 1948 film directed by Frank Borzage

Plot

Dane Clark plays Danny Hawkins, the son of a murderer who was hanged for his crimes. Haunted by his father's past, the you man is tormented by the young towns people in the small southern town he lives in. Hawkins only friend is Gilly Johnson (Russell), a girl who is quickly falling in love with him. When Hawkins kills a bully in self defense, he fears the same fate as his father. The when the dead body is found, and Sheriff Clem Otis (Allyn Joslyn) starts closing in, Danny becomes crazed, jumping off a ferris wheel and nearly strangling a harmless mute (Morgan) who found his pocket knife left near the body. While hiding out in the swamps, he visits his Grandma (Barrymore) who tells him the truth about his father's crime. Hawkins realizes he's not tainted by "bad blood" and turns himself into the police.

Cast

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Lloyd Bridges plays bully Jerry Sykes. Also appearing in the film are Harry Carey Jr. and Irving Bacon.

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Movies - Moonrise

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