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Destination Moon 1950 Directed by Irving Pichel

Two years in the making!

A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Production Company George Pal Productions
Budget $592,000
Revenue $5,000,000
Release Date 27 June 1950
91 mins
Cast
John Archer Jim Barnes
Warner Anderson Dr. Charles Cargraves
Tom Powers General Thayer
Dick Wesson Joe Sweeney
Erin O'Brien-Moore Emily Cargraves
Steve Carruthers Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum Factory Worker (uncredited)
Jack Gargan Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Everett Glass Mr. La Porte (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Knox Manning Himself (uncredited)
Mike Miller Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Irving Pichel Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon (voice) (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Grace Stafford Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Bert Stevens Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Ted Warde Brown (uncredited)