Missile to the Moon

Missile to the Moon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard E. Cunha
Written by
  • H. E. Barrie
  • Vincent Fotre
Produced byMarc Frederic
Starring
CinematographyMeredith M. Nicholson
Edited byEverett Dodd
Music byNicholas Carras
Production
company
Layton Film Productions
Distributed byAstor Pictures
Release date
  • December 15, 1958 (December 15, 1958)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$65,000

Missile to the Moon is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film drama, produced by Marc Frederic, directed by Richard E. Cunha,[1] that stars Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, and K. T. Stevens.[2] The film was distributed by Astor Pictures and is a remake of an earlier Astor Pictures-distributed film, Cat-Women of the Moon (1953). Missile to the Moon was released in late 1958 as a double feature with Cunha's Frankenstein's Daughter.

A spaceship blasts off from Earth with five aboard, but one of them is secretly a Moon man returning home. He dies by accident during the trip to Luna. What the remaining four find waiting for them when they arrive on the Moon is well beyond their expectations: huge rock creatures, giant lunar spiders, and a cave-dwelling civilization made up of beautiful women.[3]

  1. ^ MUBI
  2. ^ "Missile to the Moon". American Film Institute Catalog. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Notes: Missile to the Moon (1958)." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: November 6, 2014.