The Moon Is Down (1943)

Directed by

Irving Pichel

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small European town is occupied by enemy forces. The local citizens resist in quiet, defiant ways while the occupiers struggle with morale and purpose.

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What happens

The Moon Is Down is a 1943 American war film starring Cedric Hardwicke, Lee J. Cobb and Henry Travers and directed by Irving Pichel. The Screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson and is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. This was Dorris Bowdon's last movie, Natalie Wood's first movie; and features an uncredited John Banner, who would go on to play Sgt. Shultz in the TV comedy series Hogan's Heroes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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