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First Men in the Moon

First Men in the Moon

6,3 /10 (146 Votes)
1964 EN 103 min

Overview

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

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Release date

06/08/1964

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146

Popularity

0.9

H.G. Wells' Astounding Adventure in Dynamation!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

103 min

Revenue

$1,650,000

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John Chard

John Chard

2020-02-16

⭐ 7

Could you believe, they put a man on the Moon - that early!? Directed by Nathan Juran, First Men In The Moon is an adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel "The First Men in the Moon". Nigel Kneale (creator of Quatermass) and Jan Read write the screenplay, Ray Harryhausen provides the stop-motion effects, and the cast is made up of Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd & Martha Hyer. The story sees a UN rocket flight to the Moon land in 1964 thinking it is the first landing in history. However, they discover a British Union Flag and a notice written by a Katherine Callender (Hyer) stating that the Mo…

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