The Moon and Sixpence
1942· 89 min· USA
Drama
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.
- Director
- Albert Lewin
- Writer
- W. Somerset Maugham (novel), Albert Lewin
- Released
- 27 Oct 1942
- Country
- USA
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins.
Cast
GS
George Sanders
HM
Herbert Marshall
DD
Doris Dudley
EB
Eric Blore
Steven Geray
ML
Molly Lamont
Mike Mazurki
EV
Elena Verdugo
HT
Heather Thatcher
RG
Robert Greig
WF
Willie Fung
IT
Irene Tedrow
FB
Florence Bates
AB
Albert Bassermann