Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

88 mins | Action, Romance, Western | Nov. 11, 1948

Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.

Blood on the Moon

88 mins | Action, Romance, Western | Nov. 11, 1948

Blood on the Moon
Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Blood on the Moon
Directors Bill Shanks, Maxwell O. Henry, Robert Wise
Writers Luke Short, Harold Shumate, Lillie Hayward

Cast

Robert Mitchum

as Jim Garry

Barbara Bel Geddes

as Amy Lufton

Robert Preston

as Tate Riling

Walter Brennan

as Kris Barden

Phyllis Thaxter

as Carol Lufton

Frank Faylen

as Jake Pindalest

Tom Tully

as John Lufton

Charles McGraw

as Milo Sweet

Clifton Young

as Joe Shotten

Tom Tyler

as Frank Reardon

George Cooper

as Fred Barden

Tom Keene

as Ted Elser

Bud Osborne

as Cap Willis

Zon Murray

as Nels Titterton

Robert Bray

as Bart Daniels

Joe Devlin

as Barney (uncredited)

Chris-Pin Martin

as Commissary Bartender (uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody

as Toma (uncredited)

Harry Carey, Jr.

as Cowboy (uncredited)