First Men in the Moon
6.31964Adventure · Science Fiction
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Destination Moon
“Two years in the making!”
5.9(108)19501h 31mReleasedMovie
A 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.
Top Billed Cast
John Archer
Jim Barnes
Warner Anderson
Dr. Charles Cargraves
Tom Powers
General Thayer
Dick Wesson
Joe Sweeney
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Emily Cargraves
Steve Carruthers
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Mr. La Porte (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Knox Manning
Himself (uncredited)
Mike Miller
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Irving Pichel
Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon (voice) (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Grace Stafford
Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Ted Warde
Brown (uncredited)
Production Details
Release Date
1950-06-27
Runtime
91 min
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$5M
Director
Irving Pichel
Writers
Alford Van Ronkel, Robert A. Heinlein, James O'Hanlon
Production Companies
George Pal Productions
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