Overview
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives 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.
DirectorIrving Pichel
ProducersGeorge Pal
ScreenplayRobert A. Heinlein, Alford Van Ronkel, James O'Hanlon
Top Casts

John Archer
Jim Barnes

Warner Anderson
Dr. Charles Cargraves

Tom Powers
General Thayer

Dick Wesson
Joe Sweeney

Erin O'Brien-Moore
Emily Cargraves

Steve Carruthers
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

Everett Glass
Mr. La Porte (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Details
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesGeorge Pal Productions
Budget592000
TaglineTwo years in the making!