Sky Full of Moon
1952 film by Norman Foster
- Carleton Carpenter
- Keenan Wynn
- Jan Sterling
Production
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
- December 12, 1952 (1952-12-12)
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Sky Full of Moon is a 1952 American western film directed by Norman Foster and starring Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, and Jan Sterling. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
Easy-going cowpoke Harley "Tumbleweed" Williams travels to Las Vegas, where a rodeo is about to be held. Tumbleweed wants to win the prize money in bronc riding, but for the moment he needs $8 to have the full $50 entry fee for the event.
Looking for work, Tumbleweed goes to the Lucky 13 casino, run by a man named Al, where he meets the lovely Dixie Delmar, who dispenses change to the gambling customers. Tumbleweed ends up winning $40 on a slot machine, then runs up his winnings to $175 before getting greedy and losing it all.
Dixie says she's been unable to find a job as a dancer and wants to return home to Kansas, but before she goes, she tries to coax Tumbleweed into using a drill that will enable them to get at the money inside the casino's slots. Tumbleweed wins a $150 jackpot honestly, but Al turns up and sees the drill.
On the lam, Dixie tries to steal Tumbleweed's hatful of silver dollars. But her conscience gets the better of her, and before leaving, she calls Al to tell him that Tumbleweed won the money fair and square. Tumbleweed returns to Vegas in time to enter the rodeo, but he loses the bronco riding contest and ends up broke, right back where he started.
Cast
- Carleton Carpenter as Tumbleweed
- Jan Sterling as Dixie
- Keenan Wynn as Al
- Elaine Stewart as Billie
- Robert Burton as Customer
- Emmett Lynn as Otis
- Douglass Dumbrille as Rodeo Official
- Jonathan Cott as Balladeer / Manager
Reception
According to MGM records, the film earned $362,000 in the US and Canada and $81,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $135,000.[1]
References
- ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
External links
- Sky Full of Moon at IMDb
- Sky Full of Moon at the TCM Movie Database
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Films directed by Norman Foster
- I Cover Chinatown (1936)
- Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
- Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
- Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)
- Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
- Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
- Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
- Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
- Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
- Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
- Scotland Yard (1941)
- It's All True (unfinished film, segment "My Friend Bonito")
- Journey into Fear (1943)
- Santa (1943)
- The Escape (1944)
- The Hour of Truth (1945)
- El ahijado de la muerte (1946)
- Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
- Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
- Tell It to the Judge (1949)
- Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
- Woman on the Run (1950)
- Navajo (1952)
- Sky Full of Moon (1952)
- Sombrero (1953)
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
- Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
- Indian Paint (1965)
- The Deathhead Virgin (1974)
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