Destination Moon 1950

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.

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The cast

John Archer Jim Barnes

Warner Anderson Dr. Charles Cargraves

Tom Powers General Thayer

Dick Wesson Joe Sweeney

Erin O'Brien-Moore Emily Cargraves

Steve Carruthers Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum Factory Worker (uncredited)

Jack Gargan Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

Everett Glass Mr. La Porte (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

Knox Manning Himself (uncredited)

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Mike Miller Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Irving Pichel Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon (voice) (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

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