From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

Year: 1958

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: English

Director: Byron Haskin

Science FictionAdventureMonsters aliens sci-fi and the apocalypseImaginative space odysseys and alien encountersAction-packed space and alien sagas

Set just after the American Civil War, businessman Victor Barbicane creates a new energy source, Power X, and uses it to launch a moon‑bound projectile. He is joined by his aide Ben Sharpe, his rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl’s daughter Virginia. Believing Power X defies God, Nicholl sabotages the craft, forcing the crew to race against time to repair it and secure their return to Earth.

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