Blood on the Moon

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John G I think the audience rating is about right. You shouldn't expect too much of a western from this era. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/24 Full Review Audience Member This is on Criterion in the Western Noir collection. Well, it got the Noir so down in terms of dark and shadows and night that sometimes you can't tell what the hell is going on. Robert Montgomery rides his cleft chin into a hot mess of corruption involving cattlemen, homesteaders, a Reservation Agent, Indians, and of course, a steel- willed rifle-packin' woman. That lady and Mitchum have a rifle shootout in the beginning with a never-ending supply of bullets. Of course, they smooch up in the end. As one reviewer puts it, Mitchum plays a "morally ambiguous character" who double-crosses and triple-crosses until he's almost as confused as this viewer about it all. Along the way, Indians on the reservation collude with his arch-nemesis Riley to kill him for reasons - well, not clear for the Indian part of it, anyway. There's a cool fight where Mitchum inexplicably piles an upside down table on a very-much still alive Riley for reasons - well, again, not clear but it's cool anyway. The scene of Mitchum in a tree watching a cattle stampedw running underneath him on another screen is worth the price of admission. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review john c Blood on the Moon is a beautifully shot western Film Noir. Robert Mitchum does an incredible job as Garry. Robert Preston is great as the heavy, Riling. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review ashley h Blood on the Moon is a decent film. It is about an unemployed cowhand who hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton. Robert Mitchum and Robert Preston give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Robert Wise did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because action and adventure. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member one of the better 'psychological western" will make a perfect dbl feature with 'blood on the sun" Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A familiar feud storyline for the western genre but it's solid direction and a solid lead performance. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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