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From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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07.02.09
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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.
Title: From The Earth To The Moon
Release Date: November 26, 1958
Runtime: 101 mins
Genre: Sci-Fi
All Genres: Sci-Fi
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 5.1
Buried.com Rating: 6.1 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With F
MPAA Rating: G
Director(s):
Byron Haskin
Cast:
Joseph Cotten ...Victor Barbicane
George Sanders ...Stuyvesant Nicholl
Debra Paget ...Virginia Nicholl
Don Dubbins ...Ben Sharpe
Patric Knowles ...Josef Cartier
Carl Esmond ...Jules Verne
Henry Daniell ...Morgana
Melville Cooper ...Bancroft
Ludwig Stossel ...Aldo Von Metz (as Ludwig Stossel)
Morris Ankrum ...President Ulysses S. Grant
Robert Clarke ...Narrator (voice)
Les Tremayne ...Countdown Announcer
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Benedict Bogeaus
Writer(s):
Jules Verne
Robert Blees
James Leicester
Composer(s):
Louis Forbes
Movie Trivia:
- This was one of the last films produced for RKO. By the time it was completed, RKO had ceased production and distribution. It was released through Warner Brothers.
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This went into production as RKO was preparing to shut down. It was believed to have had a much larger budget which was later cut. This greatly affected the quality of the special effects.
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Among the last minute cost-cutting measures inflicted upon this film was the elimination of all scenes taking place on the moon.
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Some of the music is actually the "electronic tonalities" created by Louis Barron and Bebe Barron for Forbidden Planet (1956).
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Keywords:
Civil War, Moon, Sabotage, Cannon, Travel To The Moon ...[more]
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Rating: 6.1 out of 10.0 - 52 votes cast total
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