The Moon and Sixpence
- Original title
- The Moon and Sixpence
- Year
- 1942
- Running time
- 89 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Albert Lewin. Novel: William Somerset Maugham
- Cast
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- George Sanders
- Herbert Marshall
- Doris Dudley
- Eric Blore
- Albert Basserman
- Florence Bates
- Steven Geray
- Elena Verdugo
- Mike Mazurki
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Biography
- Movie Groups
- W. Somerset Maugham Adaptations
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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1943: Nominated for Oscar: Best OST (Drama / Comedy)1942: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).
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