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The Moon Is Blue

The Moon Is Blue

6,3 /10 (52 Votes)
1953 EN 99 min

Overview

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.

Release date

08/07/1953

Votes

52

Popularity

1.7

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

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

99 min

Budget

$400,000

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2014-09-25

⭐ 7

Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes. The Moon is Blue is one of those olde rom-coms that nowadays has the ability to baffle us as to how it caused such ripples in the movie world back in the day. But ripples it did stir, and all told it's a pretty effective study of manners, etiquette and sexual understandings. Directed by Otto Preminger and based on F. Hugh Herbert's cheeky play of the film's title, it stars William Holden, David Niven and Maggie McNamara. Plot essentially revolves around McNamara holding onto her virginity as the male predators close in. If she holds firm she will of cour…

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