Night of the Quarter Moon
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Running time 1h 36m Country United States | 6.6/10 Duration Genre Drama Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1959 Writer Franklin Coen, Frank Davis Art directors William A. Horning, Malcolm Brown Cast (Ginny O'Sullivan Nelson), (Roderic 'Chuck' Nelson), (Maria Robbin), (Lexington Nelson), (Cornelia Nelson), Nat 'King' Cole (Cy Robbin)Similar movies Remember the Titans , Life , Frankie & Alice , Holy Smoke! , White Dog , The Last Supper |
Night of the Quarter Moon is a 1959 American drama film directed by Hugo Haas and written by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis. The film stars Julie London, John Drew Barrymore, Anna Kashfi, Dean Jones, Agnes Moorehead and Nat King Cole. The film was released on March 4, 1959, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Plot

A young man returns home with a new bride, but his family objects when they learn she is of mixed race.
Cast

Reception

According to MGM records the movie earned $465,000 in the US and Canada and $475,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $146,000. It was described by "Mae Tinee" in a Chicago Tribune review as, "one of the most inept films I've ever encountered [...] contrived and insulting to the intelligence [...] completely tasteless [...] sordid, sexy and senseless [...] contrived and ridiculous [...] a sheer waste of time."

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