The Stalking Moon (1968)

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  • THE STALKING MOON


    DIRECTED BY ROBERT MULLIGAN
    NATIONAL GENERAL PICTURES



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    When an army scout retires to a farm in New Mexico he takes pity on a white woman
    and her "half-breed" son recently rescued from Indians,
    and invites them to join him. He does this even knowing the child's father
    is a feared and murderous Apache and that sooner or later
    a showdown is almost inevitable.
    Written by Jeremy Perkins


    Cast
    Gregory Peck ... Sam Varner
    Eva Marie Saint ... Sarah Carver
    Robert Forster ... Nick Tana
    Noland Clay ... Boy
    Russell Thorson ... Ned
    Frank Silvera ... Major
    Lonny Chapman ... Purdue
    Lou Frizzell ... Stationmaster (as Lou Frizell)
    Henry Beckman ... Sgt. Rudabaugh
    Charles Tyner ... Dace
    Richard Bull ... Doctor
    Sandy Brown Wyeth ... Rachel (as Sandy Wyeth)
    Joaquín Martínez ... Julio (as Joaquin Martinez)
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... Stage Driver Shelby (as Red Morgan)
    Nathaniel Narcisco ... Salvaje


    Writing Credits
    Alvin Sargent ... (screenplay)
    Wendell Mayes ... (adaptation)
    Theodore V. Olsen ... (novel)
    Produced
    Alan J. Pakula ... producer


    Music
    Fred Karlin Cinematography by
    Charles Lang ... director of photography


    Trivia
    After Patricia Neal had recovered from her stroke, she had a choice of either
    "The Stalking Moon" or "The Subject Was Roses" as her comeback vehicle. A
    lthough she opted for "Roses," she would have liked to have done
    "The Stalking Moon" also.


    George Stevens was originally slated to direct but bowed out because of script problems.
    His replacement, Robert Mulligan, had directed Peck to an Oscar in "To Kill a Mockingbird."


    In the 1958 movie starring and produced by Gregory Peck "The Big Country"
    the foreman (played by Charlton Heston) Steve Leech rides
    a very striking and beautiful black and white paint horse.
    10 years later in the 1968 movie starring Gregory Peck "The Stalking Moon"
    the same horse is ridden by the Apache chief Salvaje. (played by Nathaniel Narcisco).


    Although this was Gregory Peck's only film release in 1968,
    he should also have been appearing in the Mirisch production
    " The Bells of Hell Go Ting a Ling a Ling ".
    Scripted by Roald Dahl, this production was shut down after just 6 weeks
    shooting due to " poor weather conditions ", a popular euphemism for a troubled shoot.


    Goofs
    Continuity
    When Gregory Peck walks out of the cabin he is unshaven,
    but when he's seen outside the cabin he's clean-shaven.


    Errors in geography
    The movie was set and filmed in the Mojave Desert,
    yet in an early scene at an Army camp, the still night air is filled
    with the sound of crickets and frogs.
    This would be fine had the camp been in or near an oasis, but it clearly was not.
    With no wind, there should have been no sound at all from outside the camp.


    Factual errors
    A young boy spends almost the entire film walking across the mountains for days,
    then, when he puts his feet up in one shot the bottoms of his moccasins
    are neither soiled or worn but look brand new.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Bavispe, Sonora, Mexico
    Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, USA
    Valley of Fire State Park - Route 169, Overton, Nevada, USA
    Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • The Stalking Moon is a 1968 western film in Technicolor starring
    Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint.
    It is directed by Robert Mulligan and based on the novel of the same name by T.V. Olsen.



    User Review


    A Western Thriller
    7/10
    Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York
    24 June 2007

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England