Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert BleesScreenplay
- Byron HaskinDirector
- James LeicesterScreenplay
- Louis ForbesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joseph CottenVictor Barbicane
- George SandersStuyvesant Nicholl
- Debra PagetVirginia Nicholl
- Don DubbinsBen Sharpe
- Patric KnowlesJosef Cartier
- Carl EsmondJules Verne
- Henry DaniellMorgana
- Melville CooperBancroft
- Ludwig StösselAldo Von Metz
- Morris AnkrumPresident Ulysses S. Grant
- Les TremayneCountdown Announcer
- Robert ClarkeNarrator (voice)