Jeb Rand (Robert Mitchum) is pursued by vague memories of his youth and a life plagued with doubts and nightmares. He is also pursued by Grant Callum (Dean Jagger) who, for reasons of his own, wants to kill "the last of the Rands."Mrs. Callum (Judith Anderson) is "Mother Callum" to Jeb. She has been read more
Several months ago, on Twitter, I asked for recommendations for westerns – it’s a genre I never really cared much about (like horror films and musicals), but that I wanted to explore (unlike horror films and musicals). I received dozens of suggested titles – unfortunately, I was only able to access read more
The moody, fatalistic feel of Blood on the Moon (1948) is unusual for a western, if not unheard of in the genre. Its noirish story of double-crosses and turf battles could be transported to rain-slicked city streets with little change, the plot points as well-suited to urban organized crime as cattl read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 13, 2020
This is admittedly nitpicky, but the title cards of Blood on the Moon are a bit jarring as the white-lettered names all but disappear into the sliver of light stretching across the otherwise black canvas of the screen. Thus, I missed out on about a fourth of the names in the cast. Opening credits a read more
Reel West: Blood on the Moonby Alan K. RodeUniversity of New Mexico PressPaperback ISBN: 9780826364692March 2023136 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Larry Edmunds — Powell's“The film transplanted the dark urban environs of the city into the West’s iconography.... Akin t read more
