Destination Moon (1950)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1950-06-27
Runtime: 91 minutes
Director: Irving Pichel
Budget: $592,000 USD
Revenue: $5,000,000 USD
Top 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)
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