From the Earth to the Moon
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- Runtime
- 101 mins
Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.
Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.
Cast
- Joseph Cotten
- George Sanders
- Debra Paget
- Don Dubbins
- Patric Knowles
- Carl Esmond
- Henry Daniell
- Melville Cooper
- Ludwig Stössel
- Morris Ankrum
- Les Tremayne
- Robert Clarke
Director
- Byron Haskin
Producers
- Benedict Bogeaus
Screenwriter
- Robert Blees
- James Leicester