From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man!
101 min
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.
- Release date
- November 26, 1958
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Louis Forbes
Where to watch
Free with ads
Plex Channel
Cast
- 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
- Morris Ankrum as US President
- Les Tremayne as Countdown Announcer
- Robert Clarke as Narrator (voice)
Crew
- Byron Haskin · Director
- Robert Blees · Writer
- James Leicester · Writer
- Jules Verne · Writer
- Benedict Bogeaus · Producer
- Louis Forbes · Composer
- Edwin B. DuPar · Cinematographer
- James Leicester · Editor
- Hal Wilson Cox · Production designer