Moontide

Story of a barge worker's (Jean Gabin) romance with a waitress (Ida Lupino). Thomas Mitchell is the blackmailer who taunts them. Nutsy: Claude Rains. Brothers: Jerome Cowan. Woman on Boat: Helene Reynolds. Effective script by John O'Hara, from the novel by Willard Robertson. Realistic. Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang directed.