From the Earth to the Moon
"The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man!"
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.
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Directors: Byron Haskin
Writers: Dalton Trumbo, James Leicester, Jules Verne, Robert Blees
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IMDB: tt0051638