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Destination Moon

1950 • 1h31m Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama

Rating

5.9/10

Popularity

4

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.

Details

Director

Irving Pichel

Screenplay

Robert A. Heinlein

Alford Van Ronkel

James O'Hanlon

Cast

John Archer

Warner Anderson

Tom Powers

Release date

6/27/1950

Status

Released

Budget

$592,000

Revenue

$5,000,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

91