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Destination Moon

1950

91 minutes

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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.

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John Archer

Jim Barnes

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Warner Anderson

Dr. Charles Cargraves

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Tom Powers

General Thayer

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Dick Wesson

Joe Sweeney

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Erin O'Brien-Moore

Emily Cargraves

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Steve Carruthers

Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Factory Worker (uncredited)

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Jack Gargan

Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

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Everett Glass

Mr. La Porte (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

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Knox Manning

Himself (uncredited)

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Mike Miller

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Irving Pichel

Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon (voice) (uncredited)

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Cosmo Sardo

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Grace Stafford

Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

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Ted Warde

Brown (uncredited)