From the Earth to the Moon

The story

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.

Cast

J Joseph CottenVictor Barbicane G George SandersStuyvesant Nicholl D Debra PagetVirginia Nicholl D Don DubbinsBen Sharpe P Patric KnowlesJosef Cartier C Carl EsmondJules Verne H Henry DaniellMorgana M Melville CooperBancroft L Ludwig StösselAldo Von Metz M Morris AnkrumPresident Ulysses S. Grant L Les TremayneCountdown Announcer R Robert ClarkeNarrator (voice)