From the Earth to the Moon

Movie NR 5.2 1958 101 min

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.

Country:

USA

Genre:

Adventure, Science Fiction

Year:

1958

Director:

Byron Haskin

Stars:

Debra Paget, George Sanders, Joseph Cotten

Tags:

based on novel or book, jules verne, moon, rocket ship, sabotage