The Moon and Sixpence (1942)

6.3/10 89 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

George Sanders

Charles Strickland

Herbert Marshall

Geoffrey Wolfe

Doris Dudley

Blanche Stroeve

Eric Blore

Capt. Nichols

Albert Bassermann

Dr. Coutras

Florence Bates

Tiare Johnson

Steven Geray

Dirk Stroeve

Elena Verdugo

Ata

Rondo Hatton

The Leper (uncredited)

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