First Men in the Moon

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First Men in the Moon (1964)

NR 11/20/1964 (US) Adventure, Science Fiction 1h 43m

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H.G. Wells' Astounding Adventure in Dynamation!

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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.

Nathan Juran

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Jan Read

Screenplay
Nigel Kneale

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Edward Judd

Arnold Bedford
Martha Hyer

Kate Callender
Lionel Jeffries

Joseph Cavor
Miles Malleson

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Norman Bird

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Gladys Henson

Nursing Home Matron
Hugh McDermott

Richard Challis
Betty McDowall

Margaret Hoy
Erik Chitty

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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on February 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... read the rest.

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