Destination Moon

(1950)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 104 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama

Year: 1950

Runtime: 91 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Irving Pichel

Cast: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Steve Carruthers, Франклин Фэрнум, Джек Гарган, Everett Glass, Kenner G. Kemp

Plot

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.

After their latest rocket fails, Dr. Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer have to start over again. This time, Gen. Thayer approaches Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon. Together they gather the captains of industry and all pledge to support the goals of having the United States be the first to put a man on the moon. They build their rocket and successfully leave the Earth's gravitational pull and make the landing as scheduled. Barnes has miscalculated their fuel consumption however and after stripping the ship bare, they are still 100 lbs too heavy meaning that one of them will have to stay behind.