Destination Moon
1950 · Movie · Approved · 91 min
★ 6.2(103)unSUB Rating
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
- TMDB rating (input)
- 5.9/10 (103 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)
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