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Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

19675.51h 59m

Overview

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts...

Directed by Don Sharp
Written by Dave Freeman, Harry Alan Towers
Produced by Harry Alan Towers
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Top Cast

Burl Ives

Burl Ives

Phineas T. Barnum

Troy Donahue

Troy Donahue

Gaylord Sullivan

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

Professor Siegfried von Bulow

Hermione Gingold

Hermione Gingold

Angelica

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Sir Charles Dillworthy

Dennis Price

Dennis Price

The Duke of Barset

Daliah Lavi

Daliah Lavi

Madelaine

Stratford Johns

Stratford Johns

Warrant Officer

Graham Stark

Graham Stark

Bertram Grundle

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Captain Sir Harry Washington-Smythe

Themes & Keywords

moonspace race

About Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon is a comedy, adventure, fantasy film released in 1967 exploring themes of moon, space race. Directed by Don Sharp, it stars Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Fröbe. Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts...

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