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From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man!

19585.11h 41m

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.

Directed by Byron Haskin
Written by Robert Blees, James Leicester, Jules Verne
Produced by Benedict Bogeaus
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Top 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

Themes & Keywords

moonbased on novel or bookjules vernespace travelspacesabotage

About From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon is a science fiction, adventure film released in 1958 exploring themes of moon, based on novel or book, jules verne, space travel, space, sabotage. Directed by Byron Haskin, it stars Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget. 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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