6.5 / 10(134 votes)IMDb19551h 27mUnited States of America

Moonfleet

“Wild and wonderful as the thrill-packed novel that inspired it !”

Synopsis

Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.

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Stewart Granger

Jeremy Fox

George Sanders

Lord James Ashwood

Joan Greenwood

Lady Clarista Ashwood

Viveca Lindfors

Mrs. Minton

Jon Whiteley

John Mohune

Liliane Montevecchi

Gypsy

Melville Cooper

Felix Ratsey

Sean McClory

Elzevir Block

Alan Napier

Parson Glennie

John Hoyt

Magistrate Maskew

Donna Corcoran

Grace

Jack Elam

Damen

Dan Seymour

Hull

Ian Wolfe

Tewkesbury

Lester Matthews

Major Hennishaw

Skelton Knaggs

Jacob

Richard Hale

Starkill

Ashley Cowan

Tomson

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Release History & Theatrical Window

Theatrical Premiere

June 24, 1955

Wide Cinema Exhibition

Financials & Box Office Performance

Released

Production Budget

$2M

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Worldwide Gross

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Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Fritz Lang
Screenplay & Story: Jan Lustig, Margaret Fitts
Original Score: Miklós Rózsa
Original Title: Moonfleet
Country of Origin: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Runtime: 1h 27m
Production Budget: $2M
Production Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Fritz Lang

Screenplay & Story

Jan Lustig, Margaret Fitts, J. Meade Falkner

Original Score & Music

Miklós Rózsa

Director of Photography

Robert H. Planck

Film Editing

Albert Akst

Producers

John Houseman

Literary Origin & Source Material

Novel:J. Meade Falkner

Department Leadership Roster

Fritz Lang

Director

Jan Lustig

Screenplay

Margaret Fitts

Screenplay

Albert Akst

Editor

John Houseman

Producer

Robert H. Planck

Director of Photography

Walter Plunkett

Costume Design

Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

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Germany (FSK)16

FSK 16 — Restricted to viewers aged 16 and older.

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