From the Earth to the Moon
The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man!
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.
Directed by Byron Haskin · Written by Robert Blees
Cast
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Joseph Cotten Victor Barbicane -
George Sanders Stuyvesant Nicholl -
Debra Paget Virginia Nicholl -
Don Dubbins Ben Sharpe -
Patric Knowles Josef Cartier -
Carl Esmond Jules Verne -
Henry Daniell Morgana -
Melville Cooper Bancroft -
Ludwig Stössel Aldo Von Metz -
Morris Ankrum President Ulysses S. Grant -
Les Tremayne Countdown Announcer -
Robert Clarke Narrator (voice)
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