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The Moon Is Blue

The Moon Is Blue

Comedy · Romance · 1953

Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.

Movie details

The Moon Is Blue

“From the Sensational Stage Hit That Ran 3 years on Broadway!”

1953 Comedy · Romance 1h 39m

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Otto Preminger

Written by

F. Hugh Herbert

William Holden

William Holden

Donald Gresham

David Niven

David Niven

David Slater

Maggie McNamara

Maggie McNamara

Patty O'Neill

Tom Tully

Tom Tully

Michael O'Neill

Dawn Addams

Dawn Addams

Cynthia Slater

Fortunio Bonanova

Fortunio Bonanova

Television Performer

Gregory Ratoff

Gregory Ratoff

Taxi Driver

Court is in session

Put The Moon Is Blue on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.