Joseph Cotten
Victor Barbicane
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- 1964 · Science fiction · 1h 40m
Running time. 101 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. From the Earth to the Moon is a 1958 American Technicolor science fiction film, produced by Benedict Bogeaus, directed by Byron Haskin, that stars Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, and Debra Paget.
- Louis Forbes
- Benedict Bogeaus
From the Earth to the Moon: Directed by Byron Haskin. With Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins. In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.
- Ron Haskin
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From the Earth to the Moon features Joseph Cotten as a post-Civil War mad scientist who invents a source of infinite energy called Power X, a fuel he believes can propel a manned rocket to the moon and back. (Parallels to modern atomic weapons are also drawn strongly.)
- Ron Haskin, Rafael Portillo, Nacio Real
- Joseph Cotten
The novel (along with Wells' The First Men in the Moon) inspired the first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon, made in 1902 by Georges Méliès; in 1958, another film adaptation of the story was released, titled From the Earth to the Moon and in 1967 became the basis for the very loose adaptation Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967), a ...
- Jules Verne
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- 1865
- Science fiction
Josef Cartier. Watchlist. TRAILER. Watchlist. First Man. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Following the Civil War, demolition expert Victor Barbicane (Joseph Cotten) develops the...
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- Joseph Cotten
- Ron Haskin
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In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew. Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X.
From the Earth to the Moon is a 1958 American Technicolor science fiction film, produced by Benedict Bogeaus, directed by Byron Haskin, that stars Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, and Debra Paget. Production of the film originated at RKO Pictures, but when RKO went into bankruptcy, the film was acquired and released by Warner Brothers.
