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From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

Science Fiction Adventure

The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man!

Release Date: 1958, November 26
Directors: Byron Haskin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Waverly Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
Cast: Debra Paget, Ludwig Stössel, George Sanders, Henry Daniell, Robert Clarke, Joseph Cotten, Don Dubbins, Les Tremayne, Melville Cooper, Patric Knowles, Carl Esmond, Morris Ankrum

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book space travel space sabotage moon jules verne