First Men in the Moon
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First Men in the Moon

H.G. Wells' Astounding Adventure in Dynamation!

6.3 / 10 1964 1h 43mNR English
AdventureScience Fiction

Storyline

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

Cast & Crew

Edward Judd

Edward Judd

Arnold Bedford

Lead
Martha Hyer

Martha Hyer

Kate Callender

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Joseph Cavor

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Dymchurch Registrar

Norman Bird

Norman Bird

Stuart

Gladys Henson

Gladys Henson

Nursing Home Matron

Hugh McDermott

Hugh McDermott

Richard Challis

Betty McDowall

Betty McDowall

Margaret Hoy

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nathan Juran's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. First Men in the Moon is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker