Destination Moon
1950 · Movie · Approved · 91 min · ★ 5.9 · 59% critics
A group of experts and backers launches a daring private mission to the moon, aiming to prove space travel is within reach. After a successful landing, a dangerous fuel problem turns the journey into a tense fight to make it home safely.
Based on Rocket Ship Galileo
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Details
- Years
- 1950
- Release date
- 1950-06-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Critic score
- 59/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (99 votes)
- Box office
- $5,000,000
- Budget
- $600,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like classic sci-fi that treats space travel seriously, with more realism than spectacle, somewhere between First Men in the Moon and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; Not for you if you want fast pacing or deep character drama.
Pros: ahead-of-its-time realism; suspenseful space hazards; striking Technicolor visuals | Cons: thin characters; heavy-handed exposition; dated propaganda tone
Themes
- spacecraft
- moon
- based on novel or book
- cold war
- cartoon
- space travel
- moon landing
- space
- scientist
- zero gravity
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Special Effects · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Special Effects · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1951 · nominated
Cast & crew
John Archer
as Jim Barnes
Warner Anderson
as Dr. Charles Cargraves
Tom Powers
as General Thayer
Dick Wesson
as Joe Sweeney
Erin O'Brien-Moore
as Emily Cargraves
Steve Carruthers
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
- JG
Jack Gargan
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Everett Glass
as Mr. La Porte (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Directed by Irving Pichel