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From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man!

Genres

Science FictionAdventure

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

101 mins

Rating

5.179/10

Release Date

26 November 1958

Country

United States of America

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

Henry Daniell

Henry Daniell

Morgana

Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Bancroft

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)

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