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Director:
Archie Mayo
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Writers:
John O'Hara (writer)
Willard Robertson (novel)
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Release Date:
29 May 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Film-Noir more
Plot:
After a drunken binge on the San Pablo waterfront, longshoreman Bobo fears he may have killed a man... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
Noir Flicks Stretch Genre Limits
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User Comments:
Gabin's return. more (17 total)

Cast

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Jean Gabin ... Bobo
Ida Lupino ... Anna
Thomas Mitchell ... Tiny

Claude Rains ... Nutsy
Jerome Cowan ... Dr. Frank Brothers
Helene Reynolds ... Woman on boat
Ralph Byrd ... Rev. Wilson
William Halligan ... Bartender
Victor Sen Yung ... Takeo (as Sen Yung)
Chester Gan ... Henry Hirota
Robin Raymond ... Mildred
Arthur Aylesworth ... Pop Kelly
Arthur Hohl ... Jennings
John Kelly ... Mac
Ralph Dunn ... Policeman
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

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Archie Mayo replaced Fritz Lang as director. more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (2000) (TV) more
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Gabin's return., 1 March 2007
Author: dbdumonteil

After a three-year gap ,this was Gabin's return.It is hard to gauge it accurately cause in the 1937-1939 years ,an era when French cinema was arguably the best in the world ,he starred in at least five masterpieces ("la Grande Illusion" and "la Bête Humaine" by Jean Renoir,"Quai des Brumes" and (my favorite) "Le Jour se lève " by Marcel Carné ,and finally Jean Gremillon's "remorques") .All that he would do afterward would necessarily be a let-down.

"Moontide" is not in the same league as his previous French performances but it is nevertheless an interesting work for any Gabin fan.The actor integrates well in an American cast (and the cast includes earnest thespians such as Ida Lupino,Claude Rains and Thomas Mitchell)and his English is quite good (don't forget that Gabin was essentially an autodidact ,which is much to his credit;His contemporary equivalent for that matter is Gerard Depardieu) The screenplay may not be very exciting -and it's full of holes at that- but the atmosphere -which recalls sometimes "quai des brumes" - and Gabin's character -who,like Lantier in "la Bete Humaine" ,has an ominous past:wasn't his father a criminal brute?- are all that matters .

For his second (and last) American movie,Gabin was directed by his compatriot (who put him on the map with "la Bandera" ) Julien Duvivier .

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