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Release Date:
November 26, 1958
Original Title:
From the Earth to the Moon
Alternate Titles:
De la Terre à la Lune
From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
Genres:
Adventure | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures
Waverly Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 101
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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Costume Design:
Gwen Wakeling
Director:
Byron Haskin
Director of Photography:
Edwin B. DuPar
Novel:
Jules Verne
Original Music Composer:
Louis Forbes
Producer:
Benedict Bogeaus
Production Design:
Hal Wilson Cox
Screenplay:
Robert Blees
James Leicester
Sound:
Weldon Coe
Special Effects:
Albert Simpson
Special Effects Coordinator:
Lee Zavitz
Supervising Editor:
James Leicester
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