Blood on the Moon - A Western Film Noir
Jim Garry (Robert Mitchum) rides into a typical western town, looking for his friend, Tate Riling (Robert Preston), who asked him to come and help him with a job. The "job" turns out to be a dirty one - strong-arming some cattlemen involved in a range dispute with a group of settlers, in hopes of cheating them all out of a lot of money. Preston even works his charms on the daughter (Phyllis Thaxter) of a cattleman (Tom Tully) in an effort to get what he wants. But Garry has a conscience, and decides to turn against his friend, with the aide of a settler who lost his son to the violence (Walter Brennan) and the cattleman's other, spunky daughter, Amy, played convincingly by cutie Barbara Bel Geddes. He and Amy grow to love each other - but a showdown between Garry and Riling could end their chance for happiness. I had caught bits and pieces of this film for years and thought it looked interesting but there always seemed to be something else for me to do besides watch it. I...
