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Moonfleet (1954)

Moonfleet poster
Directed by
Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger
Genre
drama film, swashbuckler film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
16
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 132 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy in 18th century England gets mixed up with a dashing smuggler and a secret about a valuable diamond. They become involved in a dangerous adventure full of betrayal and hidden loyalties.

adventurousromanticdarkswashbucklingdramaticvisually lushmid-pacedstylized

What happens

Moonfleet is a 1955 Eastman Color swashbuckler film shot in CinemaScope directed by Fritz Lang. It was inspired by the 1898 novel Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner, although significant alterations were made in the characters and plot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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