Movie
First Men in the Moon
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-08-06
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Ameran Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Edward Judd as Arnold Bedford
- Martha Hyer as Kate Callender
- Lionel Jeffries as Joseph Cavor
- Miles Malleson as Dymchurch Registrar
- Norman Bird as Stuart
- Gladys Henson as Nursing Home Matron
- Hugh McDermott as Richard Challis
- Betty McDowall as Margaret Hoy
- Erik Chitty as Gibbs (uncredited)
- Douglas Ives as Sparks (uncredited)
- Peter Finch as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
- Marne Maitland as Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
Crew
- Nathan Juran - Director
- Nigel Kneale - Screenplay
- Jan Read - Screenplay
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