Destination Moon (1950)
Two years in the making!
92 min
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.
- Release date
- June 27, 1950
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $592,000
- Box office
- $5,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- John Archer as Jim Barnes
- Warner Anderson as Dr. Charles Cargraves
- Tom Powers as General Thayer
- Dick Wesson as Joe Sweeney
- Erin O'Brien-Moore as Emily Cargraves
- Mel Blanc as Woody Woodpecker Laugh
- Steve Carruthers as Businessman at Meeting
- Franklyn Farnum as Factory Worker
- Jack Gargan as Businessman at Meeting
- Everett Glass as Mr. La Porte
Crew
- Mel Blanc · Archive sound
- Irving Pichel · Director
- Alford Van Ronkel · Writer
- Robert A. Heinlein · Writer
- James O'Hanlon · Writer
- George Pal · Producer
- Leith Stevens · Composer
- Lionel Lindon · Cinematographer
- Duke Goldstone · Editor
- Ernst Fegté · Production designer