From the Earth to the Moon
Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure
Cast: George Sanders, Joseph Cotten, Les Tremayne
Director: Byron Haskin
Country: United States
Quality: SD
Duration: 101 min
Release: 11/26/1958
IMDb Rating: 5.1/10
