Menu

Discover

Genres

Appearance

  • light/dark mode
powered by
moviedb

The Moon and Sixpence

"Strange DREAMS - He had ideas he never told her about...He didn't dare!"

1942-10-27 Drama 1hr 29m

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.

More
Fandango At Home

Watch on Fandango At Home

The Moon and Sixpence
Fandango At Home

Watch on Fandango At Home

Storyline

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.

  • Released
    1942-10-27
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    $401,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 29m
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    0
  • Production
    David L. Loew Productions

Crew

Albert Lewin
Director
W. Somerset Maugham
Novel
David L. Loew
Producer
Keywords:
painting tahiti

Stream and watch The Moon and Sixpence

similar movies

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

Airport '77

Airport '77

The Good Thief

The Good Thief

The Bounty

The Bounty

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou

Glastage

Glastage

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Air Patrol

Air Patrol

I Have Dreamed Of You So Much

I Have Dreamed Of You So Much

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

Pollock

Pollock

Sirens

Sirens

Cashback

Cashback

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Antes de que las flores marchiten

Antes de que las flores marchiten

Afterimage

Afterimage

The Tahitian

The Tahitian

Ruby

Ruby

Cookies

Cookies

Cast

George Sanders

George Sanders
Charles Strickland
Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall
Geoffrey Wolfe
Doris Dudley

Doris Dudley
Blanche Stroeve
Eric Blore

Eric Blore
Capt. Nichols
Albert Bassermann

Albert Bassermann
Dr. Coutras
Florence Bates

Florence Bates
Tiare Johnson
Steven Geray

Steven Geray
Dirk Stroeve
Elena Verdugo

Elena Verdugo
Ata
Rondo Hatton

Rondo Hatton
The Leper (uncredited)
Devi Wani

Devi Wani
Ata

Videos and Photos

The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence

Movie Reviews

Reviews for The Moon and Sixpence
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-12-03

George Sanders is good, in what's quite an untypical type of role for him, in this otherwise rather plodding and wordy drama that has shades... read more

George Sanders is good, in what's quite an untypical type of role for him, in this otherwise rather plodding and wordy drama that has shades of the life of Paul Gauguin to it. He's a stockbroker ("Strickland") who tires of his life and his wife so decides to take up a career painting and living in Paris. The only constant in his life is his long suffering friend "Wolfe" (narrator Herbert Marshall) but even he loses interest as his friend becomes more odiously manipulative, introspective - and broke - as time goes by. Oddly enough, however desperate he becomes, he refuses to sell his works - and that poverty and a constant search for inspiration ultimately sees him in the South Seas where he finds some semblance of peace before his mortality catches up with him! At times the two-header boozy lunches between Sanders and Marshall give the script some pith, but that this selfish creature could make and break marriages quite so readily does test belief and I felt increasingly disinterested in the characters or the story on display here. The production is really quite basic and like so many of W. Somerset Maugham's stories - there is a distinct lack of joy and a surfeit of obsessiveness with the proceedings. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood - but I was a bit bored with this.

Read Full Review (The thoughts and opinions expressed here are solely those of the reviewer.)
A Review by CinemaSerf

George Sanders is good, in what's quite an untypical type of role for him, in this otherwise rather plodding and wordy drama that has shades of the life of Paul Gauguin to it. He's a stockbroker ("Strickland") who tires of his life and his ...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-12-03

George Sanders is good, in what's quite an untypical type of role for him, in this otherwise rather plodding and wordy drama that has shades of the life of Paul Gauguin to it. He's a stockbroker ("Str...

read more