Destination Moon

5.9

91 minutes

6/27/1950

Overview

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.

Cast List

John Archer
as Jim Barnes
Warner Anderson
as Dr. Charles Cargraves
Tom Powers
as General Thayer
Dick Wesson
as Joe Sweeney
Erin O'Brien-Moore
as Emily Cargraves
Steve Carruthers
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Everett Glass
as Mr. La Porte (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Knox Manning
as Himself (uncredited)
Mike Miller
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Irving Pichel
as Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon (voice) (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Grace Stafford
as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Ted Warde
as Brown (uncredited)