Add your email and we'll match picks to the services you stream at home.

Blood on the Moon

Name: Blood on the Moon
Genre: Western, Romance
Released: 1948-11-11
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Phyllis Thaxter

1948 | 88 min | Western, Romance

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for romantics. If you loved The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance or The Magnificent Seven, start here.
The mood: Warm and romantic.
The pace: Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 28 min.
What might put you off: Made in 1948: an older pace and style.

Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 27K people sought it out in the past year

Trailer

More like this

Want more like this, picked just for you? Get my picks

Cast & crew

Directed by Robert Wise

Robert MitchumJim Garry
Barbara Bel GeddesAmy Lufton
Robert PrestonTate Riling
Walter BrennanKris Barden
Phyllis ThaxterCarol Lufton
Frank FaylenJake Pindalest
Tom TullyJohn Lufton
Charles McGrawMilo Sweet
Clifton YoungJoe Shotten
Tom TylerFrank Reardon