Moontide - A Dreamy Film Noir

I had seen Moontide, a Noir from 1942, starring Jean Gabin and Ida Lupino, several years ago but couldn't recall much about it.

I recently saw it again on the Movies! Channel, which is my go to channel now for Noir, since I had to cut expenses and dump the satellite dish (that was the only place I could watch TCM). Tubi is my second choice for finding classic Noir - I've seen some on there that I have never heard of before!

Anyway, Moontide is a wonderfully moody film, very dreamlike with its soft shadows and the sparkling light on the ocean. The cinematography is excellent! It feels more like a European film than an American one, perhaps because the lead actor is Jean Gabin, a French film star. His character, Bobo, is funny, passionate, a bit rough at times yet very likeable. Ida Lupino is luminescent as Anna, a tragic heroine who falls for Bobo. Thomas Mitchell has a very different part here as Bobo's companion, and Claude Rains is a very quirky character called Nutsy (I kept thinking Bobo was calling him Nazi until I read the captions! Lol). 

Bobo is suspected of killing a man in a drunken rage but he somehow manages to avoid the police, living in a bait shop on the water and hanging out with his friends. He saves Anna from drowning and they soon fall in love and get married. But the real killer shows up and ... well, I won't spoil it if you haven't seen it. I will recommend that you have tissues handy if you're a sentimental soul like me.