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Saturday, May 5, 2018











     Destination Moon
1950  NR  SCIENCE FICTION  1h 31min
CAST— John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, Erin O’Brien-Moore
MUSIC— Leith Stevens  DIRECTOR— Irving Pichel  BASED ON— Rocket Ship Galileo (novel), by Robert A. Heinlein

     Entertaining (though slight) film chronicling the first manned mission to the moon. A team of three serious thinkers and a goofy radio operator hop aboard a shiny new rocket in hopes of being the first men on the moon. Despite various cases of trial and error their mission is successful; now the only problem is getting back home. Despite super-outdated (and imaginary) technology and cornball effects the viewer finds himself almost interested enough in their plight to root for them. A reliably hokey George Pal production. Oscar-winner for Best Visual Effects. AKA Operation Moon.
OUR RATING— ** ½
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