Destination Moon
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- Stian AndreassenMarch 30, 2026Co-authored by Robert Heinlein, it plays out more as a procedural – Building a Rocketship and Flying it to the Moon for Dummies – rather than a character driven story. Heinlein was a unsentimental hard science kind of guy, so there’s no warmth from or between the characters. It’s a kind of gung ho American patriotism, where captains of industry take it upon themselves to achieve what the government can’t or won’t prioritize financially; to land men on the moon and win the space race – eleven years before the start of the Apollo program. It has some really nice set pieces, like the command module of the rocketship, and the Lunar surface, and those space suits are beatific.
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Destination Moon was released on June 27, 1950.
Destination Moon was directed by Irving Pichel.
Destination Moon has a runtime of 1h 31m.
Destination Moon was produced by George Pal.
"Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.
The key characters in Destination Moon are Jim Barnes (John Archer), Dr. Charles Cargraves (Warner Anderson), General Thayer (Tom Powers).
Destination Moon is rated Not Rated.
Destination Moon is a Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller film.
Destination Moon has an audience rating of 4.9 out of 10.
Destination Moon had a budget of $592K.
Destination Moon has made $5M at the box office.