The Stalking Moon

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The Stalking Moon
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Produced by Alan J. Pakula
Written by Theodore V. Olsen (novel)
Wendell Mayes (adaptation)
Alvin Sargent
Starring Gregory Peck
Eva Marie Saint
Release date(s) December 25, 1968
Running time 109 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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The Stalking Moon is a 1968 western film starring Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Theodore V. Olsen.

[edit] Plot

Sam Varner (Gregory Peck), a scout retiring from the U.S. army, agrees to escort Sarah Carver (Eva Marie Saint) and her half-breed son. She has been freed after ten years captivity among the Indians. However, the boy's Indian warrior father, Salvaje (Nathaniel Narcisco), will stop at nothing to get his son back.

[edit] Cast

  • Gregory Peck as Sam Varner
  • Eva Marie Saint as Sarah Carver
  • Robert Forster as Nick Tana
  • Noland Clay as Boy
  • Russell Thorson as Ned
  • Frank Silvera as Major
  • Lonny Chapman as Purdue
  • Lou Frizzell as Stationmaster
  • Henry Beckman as Sergeant Rudabaugh
  • Charles Tyner as Dace
  • Richard Bull as Doctor
  • Sandy Brown Wyeth as Rachel
  • JoaquĆ­n Martinez as Julio
  • Boyd Morgan as Shelby
  • Nathaniel Narcisco as Salvaje

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