From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

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.

Release Date : November 26, 1958

Runtime : 101m

Genre : Science Fiction, Adventure  

Companies : Waverly Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : moon, based on novel or book, jules verne, space travel, space, sabotage, rocket ship