A cattle herder turned rustler runs from a lynch mob and falls, again, for an ex-lover.A cattle herder turned rustler runs from a lynch mob and falls, again, for an ex-lover.A cattle herder turned rustler runs from a lynch mob and falls, again, for an ex-lover.
Victor Adamson
- Townsman at Funeral
- (uncredited)
David Alpert
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
- Bar X Man in Lynch Mob
- (uncredited)
Robert Bice
- Bar X Man in Lynch Mob
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAccording to Ben Mankiewicz on TCM, Barbara Stanwyck did her own stunts during the waterfall scene, and despite becoming black and blue, never held up the production.
- GoofsDuring the shootout between Rela and Cole, Rela takes off her jacket. After she kills Cole, she takes his horse and rides off to look for Wes without her jacket. However, when the next scene starts and she's approaching the cabin where Wes is tied up, she's wearing the jacket.
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Rela: You've changed, Wes.
Wes Anderson: Nobody stays the same.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits roll up from behind the scene of mountains, and include "Photographed in Natural Vision 3 Dimension",
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Babs and Fred Can't Do Anything With This Western
Fred McMurray left Barbra Stanwyck five years ago, always promising to return. But, while Babs drifts into an engagement with Fred's brother, Fred has been stealing cattle by moonlight (and barely misses getting lynched for his efforts). Will Babs find true love with THE MOONLIGHTER when he returns to town, or will the production code force Fred to pay some awful penalty before she gets the chance?
Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray made four movies together. Three of them are classics. This justifiably obscure western is the one that isn't. This is true, even though screenwriter Niven Busch was responsible for the great Stanwyck western -- The Furies. What goes wrong here is a mediocre and very disjointed plot that always seems to be darting off in a new, random direction, just when the old plot elements are developing some tension. There's nothing wrong with the acting. Fred and Babs play their roles well. It's just that the movie itself gives the two stars less scenes together than you would think, and cheats Babs of screen time to develop her character in the later portion of the film. Finally the film suffers from a tacked on ending that is five parts production code nonsense and five parts 3-D outdoor spectacular climax.
A western disappointment. All parties involved have done better work.
Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray made four movies together. Three of them are classics. This justifiably obscure western is the one that isn't. This is true, even though screenwriter Niven Busch was responsible for the great Stanwyck western -- The Furies. What goes wrong here is a mediocre and very disjointed plot that always seems to be darting off in a new, random direction, just when the old plot elements are developing some tension. There's nothing wrong with the acting. Fred and Babs play their roles well. It's just that the movie itself gives the two stars less scenes together than you would think, and cheats Babs of screen time to develop her character in the later portion of the film. Finally the film suffers from a tacked on ending that is five parts production code nonsense and five parts 3-D outdoor spectacular climax.
A western disappointment. All parties involved have done better work.
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- Jul 31, 2008
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- $1,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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