Destination Moon

5.9 / 10

(85 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Science Fiction,

Adventure,

Drama

Duration:

91 minutes

Year:

1950

Director:

Irving Pichel

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Company:

George Pal Productions

Budget:

$592,000

Revenue:

$5,000,000

Cast:
John Archer

Jim Barnes

Warner Anderson

Dr. Charles Cargraves

Tom Powers

General Thayer

Dick Wesson

Joe Sweeney

Erin O'Brien-Moore

Emily Cargraves

Crew:
Robert A. Heinlein

Screenplay

Alford Van Ronkel

Screenplay

Irving Pichel

Director

George Pal

Producer

James O'Hanlon

Screenplay