Destination Moon

Destination Moon

5.9 1950 | 91 min

Science Fiction Adventure Drama

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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"Two years in the making!"

Budget

$592,000

Revenue

$5,000,000

Released

June 27, 1950

Popularity

0.8

KEY CREW
Irving Pichel
Director
Alford Van Ronkel
Writer
Robert A. Heinlein
Writer
George Pal
Producer
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
George Pal Productions
George Pal Productions
COUNTRY & LANGUAGE

Production Countries:

United States of America

Spoken Languages:

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

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