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Destination Moon (a.k.a. Operation Moon) is a 1950 American Technicolor science fiction film, independently produced by George Pal and directed by Irving Pichel, that stars John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, and Dick Wesson. The film was distributed in the United States and the United Kingdom by Eagle-Lion Classics.
Destination Moon: Directed by Irving Pichel. With John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson. "Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.
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- Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Irving Pichel
- 1950-08
Good quality scan of Destination Moon, the 1950 George Pal film. It's real science-based, trying to realistically predict how the first moon launch will go, compared with the rollicking action-adventure of Lippon's Rocketship X-M.
- 87 min
- 8.4K
- Zedward
The first manned trip to the moon, happening in the (then) near future, and being funded by a consortium of private backers.
- 91 min
- 519.8K
- Cult Cinema Classics
Good quality scan of Destination Moon, the 1950 George Pal film. It's real science-based, trying to realistically predict how the first moon launch will go, ...
- 87 min
- 547.4K
- SenoRose
Destination Moon was Eagle Lion Classics' highest-grossing film of 1950. Modern sources cite the film as a milestone in the development of the science fiction genre, noting that it portrayed space travel with unprecedented realism.
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The rocket engineer Dr. Charles Cargraves blows-up a rocket during the tests and loses the government funding. Together with his friends General Thayer and Jim Barnes, they raise funds from American industrialists to build a rocket using atomic engine in the desert to reach the moon.
