Moontide

Moontide
  • Release date: 29 May 1942
  • Release year: 1942
  • Runtime: 94 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: frenchman abroad, drunkenness, friend, longshoreman, jealousy, mistress, prostitute, homosexual subtext, one word title, harbor
Plot:
The lonely dock worker Bobo is a strong man who likes to drink a lot. One night, after a binge, he awakes without recollections on a barge hired to sell bait. He befriends the night watchman Nutsy and rescues the suicidal Anna from the sea and brings her to the barge to recover. Meanwhile he learns that his acquaintance Pop Kelly was found strangled to death. Bobo and Anna fall in love with each other and decide to get married. But Bobo's former friend Tiny has always lived supported by Bobo and intends to get rid of Anna.
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