🎬 Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama

Destination Moon

"Two years in the making!"

⭐ 5.9/10 1950 1h 31m Dir. Irving Pichel

About this movie

A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.

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5.9/10 99 votes

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Year
1950
Runtime
1h 31m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 5.9/10
Votes
99
Genre
Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$0.6M

Cast

🎭 Science Fiction 🎭 Adventure 🎭 Drama 🎬 Irving Pichel 👤 John Archer 👤 Warner Anderson 👤 Tom Powers
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Destination Moon has a runtime of 1h 31m (1 hour and 31 minutes).
Destination Moon was directed by Irving Pichel and released in 1950.
Destination Moon is a Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama film (1950).
The cast of Destination Moon includes John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, Erin O'Brien-Moore.
Destination Moon has a TMDB rating of 5.9/10 based on 99 votes.

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