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Destination Moon

1950, Movie, NR, 91 mins

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Archer, Anderson, Wesson, and Powers rocket to the moon but find they haven't enough fuel to lift off again. They jettison everything they can but are still too heavy. Wesson decides to sacrifice himself but Archer figures out a way to get along without their heavy pressure suits and so they lift off to safety. Superficially a routine, even dull, science fiction film, this one was actually the most important contribution to the genre of the 1950s. Producer Pal and director P... read more leave a comment
First sci-fi film made in the U.S. that also attempted technical accuracy in manned rocketship launch to moon..
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One of the first science fiction films to attempt a high level of accurate technical detail tells the story of the first trip to the moon.
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Length: 01:32:00
Posted: 1/25/2008
One of the first science fiction films to attempt a high level of accurate technical detail tells the story of the first trip to the moon.
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Length: 01:32:00
Posted: 1/24/2008
Destination Moon was the first major science fiction film produced in the United States and lifted the genre from the realm of the fantastic to the world of the believable.
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Posted: 1/17/2008
Year: 1950
Rated NR

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Cast
Warner Anderson: Dr. Charles Cargraves
John Archer: Jim Barnes
Tom Powers: Gen. Thayer
Dick Wesson: Joe Sweeney
Erin O'Brien-Moore: Emily Cargraves
Ted Warde: Brown

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