First Men in the Moon poster

First Men in the Moon( 1964)

TV-MAAdventureScience Fiction
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H.G. Wells' Astounding Adventure in Dynamation!

Overview

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Edward Judd

      Arnold Bedford

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      Martha Hyer

      Kate Callender

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      Lionel Jeffries

      Joseph Cavor

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      Miles Malleson

      Dymchurch Registrar

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      Norman Bird

      Stuart

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      Gladys Henson

      Nursing Home Matron

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      Hugh McDermott

      Richard Challis

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      Betty McDowall

      Margaret Hoy

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      Erik Chitty

      Gibbs (uncredited)

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      Douglas Ives

      Sparks (uncredited)

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      Peter Finch

      Bailiff's Man (uncredited)

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      Marne Maitland

      Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)

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      Laurence Herder

      Glushkov, UN Space Agency

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      Paul Carpenter

      Reporter from the 'Express' (uncredited)

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      John Forbes-Robertson

      First Reporter (uncredited)

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      Kenneth Watson

      Second Reporter (uncredited)

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      Sean Kelly

      Col. Rice, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

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      Gordon Robinson

      Sgt Andrew Martin, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

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      John Murray Scott

      Cosmonaut Nevsky, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

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      Brook Williams

      British Astronaut, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

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      George Hilsdon

      Constable (uncredited)

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      Mary Maxfield

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Huw Thomas

      Announcer (uncredited)

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      Valentine Dyall

      Narrator (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun Feb 16 2020
    Could you believe, they put a man on the Moon - that early!? Directed by Nathan Juran, First Men In The Moon is an adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel "The First Men in the Moon". Nigel Kneale (creator of Quatermass) and Jan Read write the screenplay, Ray Harryhausen provides the stop-motion effects, and the cast is made up of Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd & Martha Hyer. The story sees a UN rocket flight to the Moon land in 1964 thinking it is the first landing in history. However, they discover a British Union Flag and a notice written by a Katherine Callender (Hyer) stating that the Moo...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    1650000.00

    Keywords

    • moon
    • based on novel or book
    • space travel
    • moon landing
    • victorian england
    • giant insect
    • alien
    • flashback
    • 19th century
    • h.g. wells