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.
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure
Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins, Patric Knowles, Carl Esmond
Crew: Byron Haskin (Director), Robert Blees (Screenplay), James Leicester (Screenplay), Jules Verne (Novel), Lee Zavitz (Special Effects Coordinator), James Leicester (Supervising Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English, Italiano
Studio: Waverly Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
Runtime: 101 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 26, 1958
IMDb: 5.8
