From the Earth to the Moon

"The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man!"

Mar 29 1964 Approved 1h 41m
Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Robert Blees, James Leicester, Jules Verne

Directed by

Byron Haskin

Cast

Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures, Waverly Productions

Languages

Italiano, English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
From the Earth to the Moon Trailer
From the Earth to the Moon Original Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
1,942
Average Rating
5.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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