From the Earth to the Moon 1958

Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.

Cast:

Joseph Cotten
Victor Barbicane 

George Sanders
Stuyvesant Nicholl 

Debra Paget
Virginia Nicholl 

Don Dubbins
Ben Sharpe 

Patric Knowles
Josef Cartier 

Carl Esmond
Jules Verne 

• De la Terre à la Lune