Moonfleet

"Wild and wonderful as the thrill-packed novel that inspired it !"

Jul 18 1955 Approved 1h 24m
Adventure, Drama

Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.

Plot

Somewhere in eighteenth century Great Britain, noble, but penniless, young boy John Mohune is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet, to put himself under the protection of a certain Jeremy Fox. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of buccaneers. A strange friendship grows as their adventures go on.

Written by

Jan Lustig, Margaret Fitts, J. Meade Falkner

Directed by

Fritz Lang

Cast

Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
4,295
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA