From the Earth to the Moon
Release Date: 1958-11-26
Rating : 5.138/10
Duration : 101 minutes
Genres : Science Fiction, Adventure
Director : Byron Haskin
Writer : Robert Blees, James Leicester
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