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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.

Top Cast

  • Joseph Cotten

    Joseph Cotten

    Victor Barbicane

  • George Sanders

    George Sanders

    Stuyvesant Nicholl

  • Debra Paget

    Debra Paget

    Virginia Nicholl

  • Don Dubbins

    Don Dubbins

    Ben Sharpe

  • Patric Knowles

    Patric Knowles

    Josef Cartier

  • Carl Esmond

    Carl Esmond

    Jules Verne

  • Henry Daniell

    Henry Daniell

    Morgana

  • Melville Cooper

    Melville Cooper

    Bancroft

  • Ludwig Stössel

    Ludwig Stössel

    Aldo Von Metz

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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