Missile to the Moon

Missile to the Moon
Directed by	Richard E. Cunha
Produced by	Marc Frederic
Written by	H.E. Barrie Vincent Fotre
Starring	Richard Travis Cathy Downs K.T. Stevens
Music by	Nicholas Carras
Cinematography	Meredith M. Nicholson
Editing by	Everett Dodd
Distributed by	Astor Pictures
Release date(s)	1958
Running time	78 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

Missile to the Moon is a 1958 black-and-white science fiction film directed by Richard E. Cunha, and is a remake of the 1953 film Cat-Women of the Moon.^[1]

Plot

Two escaped convicts are caught hiding in a rocket by a scientist who forces them to pilot the ship to the Moon. Another scientist and his fiancée find themselves on board at the moment of launch, but the original scientist is killed during a meteor storm. Once on the Moon, they encounter an underground kingdom of scantily-clad women and their sinister female ruler The Ledo, as well as giant spiders and rock creatures.^[1]

The spiders seen in the film were wire controlled.^[2] The lunar landscape more closely resembles Vasquez Rocks near Los Angeles, California.^[1]

Cast

The cast includes Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, K.T. Stevens, Tommy Cook, Nina Bara, Gary Clarke, Michael Whalen, Laurie Mitchell, Leslie Parrish (as Marjorie Helen), Henry Hunter, Lee Roberts, Sandra Wirth, Pat Mowry, Tania Velia, Sanita Pelkey, Renate Hoy ("Miss Germany, 1952"), and Mary Ford (who is incorrectly billed in the film as "Miss Minnesota", confusing her with a different Mary Ford).

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Jalufka, Dona A.; Koeber, Christian (November 8–10, 2000). "Moonstruck: How Realistic Is The Moon Depicted In Classic Science Fiction Films?". In Barbieri, Cesare; Rampazzi, Francesca. Proceedings, Earth-Moon Relationships. Padova, Italy: Springer. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0-7923-7089-9. 
2. ^ Johnson, John (1996). Cheap tricks and class acts: special effects, makeup, and stunts from the films of the fantastic fifties. McFarland. p. 23. ISBN 0-7864-0093-5. 

External links

• Missile to the Moon at the Internet Movie Database
• Missile to the Moon at AllRovi
• Detailed plot summary with commentary