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The Moon and Sixpence (1942)

"Strange DREAMS - He had ideas he never told her about...He didn't dare!"

6.3/10 1h 29m Oct 27, 1942
Drama

Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.

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Movie Details

Original Title The Moon and Sixpence
Original Language EN
Budget $401,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.2

Cast

George Sanders
George Sanders
Charles Strickland
Popularity: 2.7
Herbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall
Geoffrey Wolfe
Popularity: 1.9
Doris Dudley
Doris Dudley
Blanche Stroeve
Popularity: 0.0
Eric Blore
Eric Blore
Capt. Nichols
Popularity: 3.7
Albert Bassermann
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Coutras
Popularity: 1.9
Florence Bates
Florence Bates
Tiare Johnson
Popularity: 0.7
Steven Geray
Steven Geray
Dirk Stroeve
Popularity: 2.1
Elena Verdugo
Elena Verdugo
Ata
Popularity: 1.2
Rondo Hatton
Rondo Hatton
The Leper (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.3
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Devi Wani
Ata
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director Albert Lewin
Producer David L. Loew, Stanley Kramer
Editor Richard L. Van Enger
Writer Albert Lewin

Production

David L. Loew Productions

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Keywords

painting tahiti

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Dec 3, 2023

George Sanders is good, in what's quite an untypical type of role for him, in this otherwise rather plodding and wordy drama that has shades of the life of Paul Gauguin to it. He's a stockbroker ("Strickland") who tires of his life and his wife so decides to take up a career painting and living in P ... Read more

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Details
Release Date October 27, 1942
Runtime 1h 29m
Budget $401,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2
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