Destination Moon
movie
Two years in the making!
Released June 27, 1950
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.
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
Steve Carruthers
as
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as
Factory Worker (uncredited)
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Jack Gargan
as
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Everett Glass
as
Mr. La Porte (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Knox Manning
as
Himself (uncredited)
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Mike Miller
as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Crew
Irving Pichel
as
Director
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Alford Van Ronkel
as
Screenplay
Robert A. Heinlein
as
Screenplay
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James O'Hanlon
as
Screenplay
George Pal
as
Producer
Leith Stevens
as
Original Music Composer
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Lionel Lindon
as
Director of Photography
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Duke Goldstone
as
Editor
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Ernst Fegté
as
Production Design
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George Sawley
as
Set Decoration
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Lee Zavitz
as
Special Effects