Blood on the Moon

Action, Drama, Romance, Western · 1948Passed

Robert Mitchum and Barbara Bel Geddes star in this taut Western thriller about a gunslinger who realizes he's been hired to be the villain in Blood on the Moon. The Texas Frontier — Jim Garry (Mitchum) rides into town, quickly becomes caught in a simmering confrontation between homesteaders and cattle ranchers ... and falls in love with Amy Lufton (Bel Geddes), the daughter of a local rancher. He also falls in with an old mercenary friend, Tate Riling (Robert Preston), until he realizes that Riling is using him in a ploy to swindle Amy's father. Now, two old friends face off in a bloody showdown from which only one will leave alive.

Starring

Robert Wise, Robert Mitchum, Edward Stevenson, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Gordon Bau, Walter Brennan, Roy Webb, Theron Warth, Phyllis Thaxter

Director

Robert Wise