From the Earth to the Moon

Plot summary

“The Amazing Story of the Boldest Adventure Dared by Man!”

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.

Crew

• Byron HaskinDirector
• personRobert BleesWriter
• personJames LeicesterWriter
• Jules VerneWriter
• personBenedict BogeausProducer
• personLouis ForbesMusic

Cast

Production companies

• movieWaverly Productions
• RKO Radio Pictures