Movie

Destination Moon (1950)

• June 27, 1950
• 1h 31m

• Science Fiction
• Adventure
• Drama

“Two years in the making!”

Overview

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.

Director

Irving Pichel

Writers

Alford Van Ronkel, Robert A. Heinlein, James O'Hanlon

Starring

John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers