The Moonlighter (1953)

6.0/10 • 78 min • Western

Overview

Wes Anderson is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they don't know what he looks like. Still, they break into the prison and lynch a hobo they think is Wes, while the actual culprit sneaks off to see his old flame, Rela, who has recently taken up with his straitlaced brother, Tom (William Ching). But Tom is envious of his outlaw brother, and he decides to join Wes in a life of crime.

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

Rela

Fred MacMurray

Wes Anderson

Ward Bond

Cole Gardner

William Ching

Tom Anderson

John Dierkes

Sheriff Daws

Morris Ankrum

Alexander Prince

Jack Elam

Slim

Charles Halton

Clemmons Usqubaugh

Norman Leavitt

Tidy

Sam Flint

Mr. Mott

William Kerwin

Tony

Tom Keene

Sheriff

Byron Foulger

Mr. Gurley

Myron Healey

Deputy Joe Bayliss

Steve Rowland

Marilla

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