Moonfleet (1955) 6.8
Moonfleet is set in Dorset, England. The Fleet refers to the land just west of Portland, Southern England. Director:Fritz Lang |
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Moonfleet (1955) 6.8
Moonfleet is set in Dorset, England. The Fleet refers to the land just west of Portland, Southern England. Director:Fritz Lang |
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| Stewart Granger | ... |
Jeremy Fox
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| George Sanders | ... |
Lord Ashwood
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| Joan Greenwood | ... |
Lady Ashwood
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| Viveca Lindfors | ... |
Mrs. Minton
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Jon Whiteley | ... |
John Mohune
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Liliane Montevecchi | ... |
Gypsy
(as Liliane Montevecchi of the Ballet de Paris)
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Melville Cooper | ... | |
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Sean McClory | ... | |
| Alan Napier | ... | ||
| John Hoyt | ... | ||
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Donna Corcoran | ... | |
| Jack Elam | ... |
Damen
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Dan Seymour | ... |
Hull
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| Ian Wolfe | ... |
Tewkesbury
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Lester Matthews | ... |
Major Hennishaw
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Somewhere in the 18th century Great Britain, noble but penniless young boy John Mohune is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet, to put himself under the protection of a certain Jeremy Fox. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of buccaneers. A strange friendship grows as their adventures go on. Written by Yepok
In the 50s, the great Errol Flynn was getting long in the tooth and Stewart Granger, tall, suave and incredibly "cool," by today's standards, was filling the role of the dashing adventurer in those halcyon days of moviedom before TV gutted the industry. This film directed by the venerable Fritz Lang is an immensely entertaining adventure with pirates, villains and intrigue all handled with dash and aplomb by Stewart Granger. Alas, no video but watch for it on the late night show and, as another reviewer has suggested, tape it for seeing again and again.