Destination Moon

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Destination Moon

1950,

1h 31m,

Sci-Fi

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A team composed of an aerospace scientist (Warner Anderson), an ex-Air Force general (Tom Powers) and an industrialist (John Archer) conceive 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.

Bob Thomas

Associated Press

Jul 29, 2019

Destination Moon is good hocus-pocus stuff about interplanetary travel.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jul 27, 2026

3/4

A landmark of science fiction cinema as well as the movie that jumpstarted George Pal’s career as a producer (and later director).

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Mark R. Leeper

Mark Leeper's Reviews

Sep 14, 2022

6/10

DESTINATION MOON (1950), the film that probably should have led off the Fifties science fiction cycle, actually is still an enjoyable adventure film even if parts are a little dated.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Oct 3, 2014

Jules Verne by way of Robert A. Heinlein, the staid harbinger of the Space Race

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James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

Jan 25, 2008

Heinlein's original novel had Nazis on the moon!

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

Jun 17, 2006

3/5

Taken as sort of a pre-pre-pre-historic Apollo 13, I suspect the die-hard sci-fi fans might enjoy this one.

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Mar 2, 2019

Really good for a 1950s movie about landing on the moon, kind of corny now but a good movie back in the 50s

Jan 31, 2019

The best sci-fi movie ever made! The winner of the Best Visual Effects Academy Award!

Luke L

Oct 14, 2018

Ultra realistic compared to the typical 50's sci-fi (except for the comic relief). Once can only imagine what the average movie goer in 1950 learned about space flight from this movie. Ingenuous solution for rescuing the stranded space walker and also the way they solved the weight problem for the trip home at the end. A must-watch movie for an sci-fi or space history fan. And it's in color!!

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Leia L

Sep 28, 2018

Pleasant 50's sci-fi movie.

Ron W

Jul 3, 2017

Imagine, someday we might land on the moon for real! this movie was okay but nothing to shout about. I liked how one of the 4 astronauts had a very limited knowledge of space and physics, and didn't even believe that the ship would take off, and didn't even want to go anyway. he really was a terrible astronaut

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Synopsis

A team composed of an aerospace scientist (Warner Anderson), an ex-Air Force general (Tom Powers) and an industrialist (John Archer) conceive 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
Producer: George Pal
Screenwriter: Robert A. Heinlein, Robert A. Heinlein, Alford Van Ronkel, James O'Hanlon
Distributor: Something Weird Video, Cinema Classics, Budd Rogers Releasing Corporation [us], Eagle-Lion Films Inc. [us], Mass Production, Nostalgia Merchant, Image Entertainment Inc., Englewood Entertainment [us], Wade Williams Productions Inc.
Production Co: George Pal Productions
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 1950, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Jan 20, 2009
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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