The Moonlighter (1953)
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Directors
Roy Rowland
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond, William Ching
The story
Wes Anderson (MacMurray) has been "moonlighting," rustling cattle at night under the moon. Awaiting trial in jail, a lynch mob led by rancher Alex Prince breaks in and accidentally hangs the wrong man due to a mixup from a cell change during a jail cleaning. Wes escapes.
Genres
Western, Western film
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