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Stowaway to the Moon (1975)

Stowaway to the Moon (1975)

Science Fiction Family
Release Date: 1975, January 10
Directors: Andrew V. McLaglen
Countries: United States of America
Production: A MOR-Film Fare, A MOR-Film Fare, Alan Neuman Productions, Alan Neuman Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Century Fox Television
Cast: John Carradine, Morgan Paull, Lloyd Bridges, Jim McMullan, Walter Brooke, Jack Callahan, Jeremy Slate, Keene Curtis, Edward Faulkner, Jon Cedar, Charles Conrad, Stephen Rogers

Overview:

E.J. Mackernutt, Jr., an 11-year-old boy who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, sneaks into Cape Kennedy and becomes a stowaway on a spaceship scheduled for a lunar landing. After he is discovered, NASA at first cancels the landing, but E.J. and the astronauts convince them to go forward with it. Problems arise when one of the astronauts is incapacitated by illness and the other two are stranded on the moon's surface, but E.J. is able to command the space capsule and save the day.

Keywords:

nasa stowaway space shuttle moon landing