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Destination Moon

1950 · 91 min · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama · ★ 5.9

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.

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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)

Crew

  • Screenplay · Robert A. Heinlein
  • Screenplay · Alford Van Ronkel
  • Director · Irving Pichel
  • Producer · George Pal
  • Screenplay · James O'Hanlon

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