Destination Moon (1950)
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.
Director:
Irving Pichel
Writers:
Alford Van Ronkel, Robert A. Heinlein, James O'Hanlon.
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John Archer as Jim Barnes |
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Warner Anderson as Dr. Charles Cargraves |
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Tom Powers as General Thayer |
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Dick Wesson as Joe Sweeney |
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Erin O'Brien-Moore as Emily Cargraves |
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Steve Carruthers as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) |
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Franklyn Farnum as Factory Worker (uncredited) |
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Jack Gargan as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) |
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Everett Glass as Mr. La Porte (uncredited) |
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Kenner G. Kemp as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) |
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Knox Manning as Himself (uncredited) |
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Mike Miller as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Irving Pichel as Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon (voice) (uncredited) |
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Cosmo Sardo as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) |
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Grace Stafford as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited) |
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Bert Stevens as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) |
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Ted Warde as Brown (uncredited) |
| Directing | Irving Pichel | Director |
| Writing | Alford Van Ronkel | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert A. Heinlein | Screenplay |
| Writing | James O'Hanlon | Screenplay |
| Production | George Pal | Producer |
| Sound | Leith Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Lionel Lindon | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Duke Goldstone | Editor |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Production Design |
| Art | George Sawley | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Lee Zavitz | Special Effects |
