6.3
“From the Sensational Stage Hit That Ran 3 years on Broadway!”
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
July 8, 19531h 39mEN
6.2
51 votes
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.
Director
Otto PremingerWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$400K
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Otto Preminger FilmsUnited Artists
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User Reviews
John Chard
7.0Drink 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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