IMDb plot summary: Moonfleet is set in Dorset, England. The Fleet refers to the land just west of Portland, England.
(Well, isn't that just the most useful summary...)
Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Stewart Granger, Jon Whiteley, George Sanders, and Joan Greenwood.
This is such a bizarre movie. Apparently it's based on a novel, so maybe the novel was different, but this feels like such an attempt to make a Scottish Treasure Island, just without the adventure or the likable characters. The child actors in this movie are particularly irritating, even by 1950s standards. There are also moments of surprisingly amateur-looking filmmaking, especially from a veteran like Fritz Lang.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Moonfleet < They Made Me a Fugitive
Moonfleet < Maggie's Plan
Moonfleet < Bye Bye Birdie
Moonfleet > Heidi (1937)
Moonfleet > Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Moonfleet > The Art of War
Moonfleet < Brokeback Mountain
Moonfleet > Turner and Hooch
Moonfleet > Cartel Land
Moonfleet > Susannah of the Mounties
Moonfleet < The Motorcycle Diaries
Final spot: #2420 out of 2738.
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