Destination Moon
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5.9A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.
Released: 1950-06-2791 minDir: Irving PichelScience Fiction, Adventure, Drama
Cast
- John Archer as Jim Barnes
- Warner Anderson as Dr. Charles Cargraves
- Tom Powers as General Thayer
- Dick Wesson as Joe Sweeney
- Erin O'Brien-Moore as Emily Cargraves
- Steve Carruthers as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
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Key dates
- Published
- 27 June 1950
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Rocket Ship Galileo
- Director
- Irving Pichel
- Screenwriter
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Cast member
- Grace Stafford
- Composer
- Leith Stevens
- Producer
- George Pal
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Categories
1950 American films1950 English-language films1950 films1950 independent films1950 science fiction filmsAmerican films with live action and animationAmerican science fiction adventure filmsAmerican space adventure filmsEagle-Lion Films filmsEnglish-language science fiction filmsFilms about astronautsFilms adapted into comics