From the Earth to the Moon
The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man!
1958 · 1h 41m · N/A
Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Byron Haskin
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Byron Haskin Director
- Joseph Cotten as Victor Barbicane
- George Sanders as Stuyvesant Nicholl
- Debra Paget as Virginia Nicholl
- Don Dubbins as Ben Sharpe
- Patric Knowles as Josef Cartier
- Carl Esmond as Jules Verne
- Henry Daniell as Morgana
- Melville Cooper as Bancroft
- Ludwig Stössel as Aldo Von Metz (as Ludwig Stossel)
- Morris Ankrum Cast
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