Destination Moon
Two years in the making!
1950 | 91m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Irving Pichel |
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| Writer: | Robert A. Heinlein, Alford Van Ronkel, James O'Hanlon |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Jun 27, 1950 |
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| Director: | Irving Pichel |
| Writer: | Robert A. Heinlein, Alford Van Ronkel, James O'Hanlon |
| Genres: | Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama |
| Keywords | moon, based on novel or book, spacecraft, cold war, space travel, cartoon, moon landing, space, scientist, rocket ship, zero gravity |
| Production Companies | George Pal Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,000,000
Budget: $592,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Irving Pichel | Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon (voice) (uncredited) |
| Cosmo Sardo | Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) |
| Grace Stafford | Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) |
| Bert Stevens | Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) |
| Ted Warde | Brown (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Irving Pichel | Director |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Screenplay |
| Alford Van Ronkel | Screenplay |
| James O'Hanlon | Screenplay |
| Lionel Lindon | Director of Photography |
| Duke Goldstone | Editor |
| Ernst Fegté | Production Design |
| George Sawley | Set Decoration |
| Lee Zavitz | Special Effects |
| Leith Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| George Pal | Producer |
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