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From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

November 26, 1958 (US) Science Fiction, Adventure • 101m

Overview

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.

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Top Billed Cast

Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten

Victor Barbicane

George Sanders
George Sanders

Stuyvesant Nicholl

Debra Paget
Debra Paget

Virginia Nicholl

Don Dubbins
Don Dubbins

Ben Sharpe

Patric Knowles
Patric Knowles

Josef Cartier

Carl Esmond
Carl Esmond

Jules Verne

Ludwig Stössel
Ludwig Stössel

Aldo Von Metz

Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum

President Ulysses S. Grant

Les Tremayne
Les Tremayne

Countdown Announcer

Robert Clarke
Robert Clarke

Narrator (voice)

Crew
Robert Blees
Robert Blees

Screenplay

Louis Forbes
Louis Forbes

Original Music Composer

Edwin B. DuPar
Edwin B. DuPar

Director of Photography

James Leicester
James Leicester

Supervising Editor

Hal Wilson Cox
Hal Wilson Cox

Production Design

Gwen Wakeling
Gwen Wakeling

Costume Design

Lee Zavitz
Lee Zavitz

Special Effects Coordinator

Albert Simpson
Albert Simpson

Special Effects



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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

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