
From the Earth to the Moon
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.
Top Billed Cast

Joseph Cotten
Victor Barbicane

George Sanders
Stuyvesant Nicholl

Debra Paget
Virginia Nicholl

Don Dubbins
Ben Sharpe

Patric Knowles
Josef Cartier
Featured Crew

Byron Haskin
Director
Robert Blees
Screenplay
James Leicester
Screenplay

Jules Verne
Novel
Lee Zavitz
Special Effects Coordinator
James Leicester
Supervising Editor
Weldon Coe
Sound
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design

Edwin B. DuPar
Director of Photography
Benedict Bogeaus
Producer
Louis Forbes
Original Music Composer
Hal Wilson Cox
Production Design