Destination Moon : [En]

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Producer George Pal assembled an impressive roster of behind-the-camera talent -- including noted science fiction author Robert Heinlein and artist Chelsey Bonestell -- for this pioneering sci-fi adventure. Scientist Dr. Charles Cargraves (Warner Anderson), former Air Force General Thayer (Tom Powers), and industrial tycoon Jim Barnes (John Archer) believe that it's time that the U.S. blazed new trails and found new adventures. Convinced that exploration of space is the wave of the future (and that America's dominance in space is vitally important if they are to continue to dominate the Earth), the three men begin planning and constructing a spaceship called "Luna" in the Mojave Desert that will take the men to the moon and back. However, anti-American forces begin flooding the press with propaganda against the moon mission, and finally the men make their way to moon without the aid of the federal government. While the men are thrilled to succeed in their mission, it turns out that they miscalculated the amount of fuel needed to return -- and that the rocket needs to drop a lot of weight if it is to return to Earth. Destination Moon won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects of 1950; the film also features a brief appearance by cartoon favorite Woody Woodpecker, who helps explain how rockets work.

About this movie

Genres: Science Fiction
Language: English
Running time: 1:30:56
Released: 1950
Quality: 480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew
Cast

1. John Archer Jim Barnes
2. Warner Anderson Dr. Charles Cargraves
3. Tom Powers General Thayer
4. Dick Wesson Joe Sweeney
5. Donna Martell Col. Britels
6. Hayden Rorke Gen. Greene
7. Ross Ford Maj. Moore
8. Larry Johns Dr. Wernher
9. Herb Jacobs Mr. Roundtree
10. Yoko Tani Sumiko Ogimura
11. Oldrich Lukes Harringway
12. Ignacy Machowski Orloff
13. Julius Ongewe Talua
14. Michal Postnikow Durand
15. Ted Warde Brown
16. Erin O'Brien-Moore Emily Cargraves
17. Michael Miller
18. Allyson Ames
19. Francis X. Bushman Sesom
20. Anthony Dexter Herron

Directors

1. Irving Pichel
2. William Marshall
3. Richard Talmadge
4. Kurt Maetzig

Producers

1. George Pal
2. Fred Gebhardt
3. Jack Seaman
4. Jewton P. Jacobs
5. Paul Schreibman
6. Edmund Goldman