Man in the Moon

William Blood appears immune to all known diseases and incredibly resistant to heat and cold. Dr Davidson offers him a job to become the passenger on a high-altitude test flight, but the true aim is for him to be the first man to land on the Moon. The mission is kept secret because of the extreme danger and because Blood is treated as expendable.

Blood begins training alongside three other potential astronauts, including a man named Leo. They are all highly trained and qualified, but Blood's extraordinary resistances set him apart from the others.

When a £100,000 reward is posted for the first man to land on the Moon, the trainees decide to sabotage Blood and push for one of their own to win. The rivalry heats up as the prize creates a fierce drive to outdo Blood.

Blood meets Polly, an attractive stripper, and falls in love with her. As romance grows, his immunity begins to wane under the weight of his feelings and the pressure of the mission.

Despite the risk to his immunity, Blood chooses to press on with the training so he and Polly can afford a new home when he returns. The prospect of a life with Polly provides new motivation to persevere.

Leo becomes dangerously jealous and attempts to derail Blood's training to secure his own place on the mission. The tension between them escalates as the stakes rise.

The scientists identify Leo as the saboteur and subject him to a sensory deprivation chamber to brainwash him into believing he is Blood's best friend. The manipulation blurs loyalties and creates a new dynamic among the crew.

Polly falls into a river and is in danger of drowning; Leo saves her but Blood is given the credit for her rescue, heightening underlying tensions and reshaping trust among the team.

The astronauts are flown to the Woomera rocket base and Blood takes part in what appears to be a completely successful launch. The mission seems to be progressing exactly as planned, fueling the belief that Blood will be the first on the Moon.

Three days after launch, Blood steps out of his capsule onto what he believes to be the Moon's surface and begins to explore. He is startled by what seems like an extraterrestrial being, only to realize the scene is not what it appears.

Blood discovers that his capsule had ejected prematurely, landing him in the Australian outback near Woomera rather than on the Moon. The 'alien' he thought he saw turns out to be a uranium prospector.

Blood returns to the base and tells the scientists 'back to the drawing board,' signaling that the Moon mission is not going as planned and that they must rethink the approach.

Back in England, Blood and Polly take part in a test for family planning; the test shows positive results, indicated by three cots by their bed as the outcome of the experiment.