Missile to the Moon
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| Missile to the Moon | |
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 Missile to the Moon DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Richard E. Cunha |
| Produced by | Marc Frederic |
| Written by | H.E. Barrie Vincent Fotre |
| Starring | Richard Travis Cathy Downs K.T. Stevens |
| Music by | Nicholas Carras |
| Cinematography | Meredith M. Nicholson |
| Editing by | Everett Dodd |
| Release date(s) | 1958 |
| Running time | 78 mins |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Missile to the Moon is a 1958 black and white science fiction film directed by Richard E. Cunha, and is a similar to of the 1953 film Cat-Women of the Moon.
Two escaped convicts are caught hiding in a rocket by a scientist who forces them to pilot the ship to the Moon. There are also two stowaways hiding aboard the rocket. Once on the Moon, they encounter a kingdom of mostly topless women and their sinister female ruler The Ledo, as well as giant spiders and rock creatures...
[edit] Cast
The cast includes Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, K.T. Stevens, Tommy Cook, Nina Bara, Gary Clarke, Michael Whalen, Laurie Mitchell, Leslie Parrish (as Marjorie Helen), Henry Hunter, Lee Roberts, Sandra Wirth, Pat Mowry, Tania Velia, Sanita Pelkey. and Mary Ford (who is billed in the film as "Miss Minnesota" which she wasn't and which has caused confusion to many fans of the film---and of Mary Ford. She was Miss Minnesota USA for 1957---an entirely different pageant.
[edit] References
Jalufka, Dona A. and Christian Koeber, "Moonstruck: How Realistic Is The Moon Depicted In Classic Science Fiction Films?", Earth, Moon, and Planets, vol 85-86, January, 1999.
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