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The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man! - From the Earth to the Moon
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Title: From the Earth to the Moon

Release Date: 26 Nov 1958

Runtime: 1h 41m

Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure

Director: Waverly Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Production Companies: Waverly Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.2 (27 votes)

Cast

  • Victor Barbicane: Joseph Cotten
  • Stuyvesant Nicholl: George Sanders
  • Virginia Nicholl: Debra Paget
  • Ben Sharpe: Don Dubbins
  • Josef Cartier: Patric Knowles
  • Jules Verne: Carl Esmond
  • Morgana: Henry Daniell
  • Bancroft: Melville Cooper
  • Aldo Von Metz: Ludwig Stössel
  • President Ulysses S. Grant: Morris Ankrum
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