Nor the Moon by Night

Nor the Moon by Night
Film poster
Directed by	Ken Annakin
Produced by	John Stafford
Written by	Guy Elmes Joy Packer (novel)
Starring	Michael Craig Belinda Lee Patrick McGoohan
Music by	James Bernard
Cinematography	Harry Waxman
Distributed by	Rank Organisation
Release dates	1958
Running time	84 minutes
Country	UK
Language	English

Nor the Moon by Night is a 1958 British drama film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Michael Craig. It was based on the novel by Joy Packer and filmed in the Kruger National Park South Africa. The title comes from a passage in the Bible; "The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night." Psalm 121:6

The film was released in the United States as Elephant Gun.

Cast

Belinda Lee ... Alice Lang
Michael Craig ... Rusty
Patrick McGoohan ... Andrew Miller
Anna Gaylor ... Thea Boryslawski
Eric Pohlmann ... Boryslawski
Pamela Stirling ... Mrs. Boryslawski
Lionel Ngakane ... Nimrod
Joan Brickhill ... Harriet Carver
Ben Heydenrych ... Sergeant Van Wyck
Alfred Kumalo ... Chief
Doreen Hlantie ... Oasis

US release poster

Production

Film rights were bought by John Davis of the Rank Film Organisation, in part because Davis' wife Dinah Sheridan was a fan of the novel.^[1]

References

↑ British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference by Sue Harper, Vincent Porter Oxford University Press, 2003 p 43

External links

Films directed by Ken Annakin

It Began on the Clyde (1946)
Fenlands (1946)
Holiday Camp (1947)
Miranda (1948)
Broken Journey (1948)
Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
Vote for Huggett (1949)
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
Landfall (1949)
Double Confession (1950)
Trio (1950)
Hotel Sahara (1951)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
The Planter's Wife (1952)
The Sword and the Rose (1953)
You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
The Seekers (1954)
Value for Money (1955)
Loser Takes All (1956)
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
Across the Bridge (1957)
Nor the Moon by Night (1958)
Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Very Important Person (1961)
The Hellions (1961)
The Fast Lady (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
Crooks Anonymous (1962)
The Informers (1963)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
The Long Duel (1967)
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)
The Call of the Wild (1972)
Paper Tiger (1975)
The Pirate (1978)
The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
Cheaper to Keep Her (1981)
The Pirate Movie (1982)
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)

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