Destination Moon (1950)

Two years in the making!

Movie · Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama · 1h 31m · Rated 5.9/10 on TMDB · Released June 27, 1950

Overview

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.

Directed by Irving Pichel

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)
• Franklyn Farnum as Factory Worker (uncredited)
• Jack Gargan as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
• Everett Glass as Mr. La Porte (uncredited)
• Kenner G. Kemp as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
• Knox Manning as Himself (uncredited)
• Mike Miller as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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