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Destination Moon

Destination Moon

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 27, 1950

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure

User Score

58%

Original Title

Destination Moon

Production Companies

George Pal Productions

Director

Irving Pichel

Budget

$592,000

Revenue

$5,000,000

Description

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.