The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

89 mins | Drama | Oct. 27, 1942

Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.

The Moon and Sixpence

89 mins | Drama | Oct. 27, 1942

The Moon and Sixpence
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers David L. Loew Productions
Original title The Moon and Sixpence
Directors Albert Lewin
Writers Barbara Gray, Albert Lewin, W. Somerset Maugham

Cast

George Sanders

as Charles Strickland

Herbert Marshall

as Geoffrey Wolfe

Doris Dudley

as Blanche Stroeve

Eric Blore

as Capt. Nichols

Albert Bassermann

as Dr. Coutras

Florence Bates

as Tiare Johnson

Steven Geray

as Dirk Stroeve

Elena Verdugo

as Ata

Rondo Hatton

as The Leper (uncredited)