Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
UK cinema poster
Directed byDon Sharp
Written byDave Freeman
Based onoriginal story by Harry Alan Towers (as "Peter Welbeck")
"inspired by the writings of Jules Verne
Produced byHarry Alan Towers
StarringBurl Ives
Terry-Thomas
Troy Donahue
Gert Fröbe
Hermione Gingold
Lionel Jeffries
Dennis Price
Narrated byMaurice Denham
CinematographyReginald H. Wyer
Edited byAnn Chegwidden
Music byJohn Scott
Production
company
Jules Verne Films
Distributed byAIP (US)
Warner-Pathé (UK)
Release date
  • 13 July 1967 (1967-07-13) (UK[1])
Running time
117 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[2]

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (U.S. title: Those Fantastic Flying Fools; also known as Chiflados Del Espacio, Blast-off, and Rocket to the Moon) is a 1967 British science fiction comedy film directed by Don Sharp and starring Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Fröbe and Terry-Thomas.[3]

It was released in the US as Those Fantastic Flying Fools, in order to capitalise on the success of Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines two years earlier.[4] Director Don Sharp shot second unit on Magnificent Men.[5]

  1. ^ "Film that stays on launching pad". The Times. 13 July 1967. p. 8 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ^ Thomas, Bob (12 February 1966). "Tide Running Out for Beach Films, In for Protest Movies". Los Angeles Times. p. b7.
  3. ^ "Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  4. ^ Gary A. Smith (2009). The American International Pictures Video Guide. McFarland. p. 27.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 July 2019). "Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25". Filmink.