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Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
Directed by Don Sharp
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Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts…
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Burl Ives | Troy Donahue | Gert Fröbe | Hermione Gingold | Lionel Jeffries | Dennis Price | Daliah Lavi | Stratford Johns | Graham Stark | Terry-Thomas | Renate von Holt | Jimmy Clitheroe | Judy Cornwell | Joachim Teege | Edward de Souza | Joan Sterndale-Bennett | Allan Cuthbertson | Derek Francis | Anthony Woodruff | Hugh Walters | Donald Bisset | Cecil Nash | Vernon Hayden | John Franklyn | Harry Brogan | Derek Young
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/25/2020 | TV | Broadcast | Other | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Featured film on DKUTV Space Station Europa tonight. Hadn’t seen it and not available at my library. Didn’t realize I’d be watching yet another Jules Verne adaptation this month but here we are.
This movie is only moderately amusing. It’s a lot of wheel spinning to get to that final rocket launch. Even as a comedy I’d like to think a film where PT Barnum visits England to fund a super rocket to take man to the moon would be better. Really doesn’t hold a candle the Fantastic Flying Machines that came out a couple years earlier.
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