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First Men in the Moon

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1964 film by Nathan H. Juran, Ray Harryhausen

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6.3

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

Released: 1964-08-06103 minDir: Nathan JuranAdventure, Science FictionBox office: $1.6M

Cast

  • Edward Judd as Arnold Bedford
  • Martha Hyer as Kate Callender
  • Lionel Jeffries as Joseph Cavor
  • Miles Malleson as Dymchurch Registrar
  • Norman Bird as Stuart
  • Gladys Henson as Nursing Home Matron

Themes

  • moon
  • based on novel or book
  • space travel
  • moon landing
  • victorian england
  • giant insect
  • alien
  • flashback
  • 19th century
  • dynamation

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Ratings

IMDb

6.5/10

7,233 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

63%

Year
1964
Runtime
103 min
Genres
Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rated
Approved

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
H. G. Wells
Cast member
Peter Finch
Cinematographer
Wilkie Cooper
Narrative location
England
Duration
103
FilmAffinity ID
647467
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1964-01-01
title
First Men in the Moon
after a work by
H. G. Wells
distributed by
Netflix
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
63%
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