Moonrise
1948 · 1h 30m · Drama · United States of America · Rated 18A (CA)
HER ARMS...HER LOVE...HIS ONLY ESCAPE FROM A HERITAGE OF HATE!
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s girlfriend, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.
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accidental killingbully victimchildhood traumachild raised by grandmothercriminal fatherdead fatherdifficult childhoodexecution by hangingfilm noirguiltharassmenthiding from the policerighteous rageself-defensesins of the fathersocial stigmasurrenderswamp
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