Directed by:
Fritz LangCinematography:
Robert H. PlanckComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Whiteley, Liliane Montevecchi, Melville Cooper, Sean McClory, Alan Napier, John Hoyt (more)Plots(1)
In Fritz Lang's cinemascope epic, set in 18th century England, a young boy named John Mohune is sent to the town of Moonfleet by his dying mother to find her ex-lover, Jeremy Fox, and bring him to her. John finds Fox, but also discovers that he is a villainous smuggler. Fox makes a serious effort to send John away, and through their bickering, the two form a bond. John gets swept up in Fox's illegal dealings, learning the legend of a lost diamond belonging to John's pirate ancestor, Redbeard Mohune. As Fox's smugglers scheme for a way to find the diamond, and the local township is frozen in a state of superstitious suspense, John explores the subterranean tombs of the town, searching for the diamond. Before too long, John and Fox become tangled in a web of danger and deceit, fleeing from the local military and watching their backs as they are pursued by greedy diamond hunters. Fritz Lang uses the lush and expansive language of cinemascope to evoke a dark world of swashbuckling buccaneers, underground tombs, skeletons bearing secrets, and a heart-wrenching test of loyalty between rakish Fox and innocent John. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Donna Corcoran
USA
Best movies:
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Moonfleet (1955)
Peggy Maley
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
John Alderson
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Cleopatra (1963)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Oliver Blake
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Elspeth Dudgeon
UK
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Gordon Richards
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
National Velvet (1944)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Jack Raine
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Charles Davis
Ireland
Best movies:
The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959)
The Desert Rats (1953)
Moonfleet (1955)
Skelton Knaggs
UK
Best movies:
The Lodger (1944)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Night and Day (1946)
Keith McConnell
Ireland
Best movies:
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Morituri (1965)
George Ford
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Patrick O'Moore
Ireland
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Conflict (1945)
Wilson Wood
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Guy Kingsford
UK
Best movies:
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
Stuart Hall
UK
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Alex Frazer
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Brute Force (1947)