From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

Release date : November 26, 1958
Runtime : 1h 41m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English / Italian /
Director : Byron Haskin /
Production companies : Waverly Productions / RKO Radio Pictures /
November 26, 1958 1h 41m United States of America Science Fiction English More
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Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.
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  • title:From the Earth to the Moon
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1958
  • Runtime:1h 41m
  • Genres: Science Fiction · Adventure ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: English · Italian ·
  • Director: Byron Haskin /
  • Writers: Robert Blees · James Leicester · Jules Verne ·
  • Production companies: Waverly Productions · RKO Radio Pictures ·
  • Overview:Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.
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