Destination Moon (1950)
Directed by Irving Pichel · 91 min · Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama
17.6 TOPICAL score · #4,762 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.
Destination Moon (1950, directed by Irving Pichel) has a TOPICAL score of 17.6 - ranked 4,762 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and historical impact, and lowest on audience. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Special Effects. Critics: 67% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 5.9/10 (106 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 24 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics67% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 5.9/10 (106 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Special Effects
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 24 languages
- Still read5,283 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson