Stowaway to the Moon

Stowaway to the Moon

100 mins | Science Fiction, Family | Jan. 10, 1975

E.J. Mackernutt, Jr., an 11-year-old boy who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, sneaks into Cape Kennedy and becomes a stowaway on a spaceship scheduled for a lunar landing. After he is discovered, NASA at first cancels the landing, but E.J. and the astronauts convince them to go forward with it. Problems arise when one of the astronauts is incapacitated by illness and the other two are stranded on the moon's surface, but E.J. is able to command the space capsule and save the day.

Stowaway to the Moon

100 mins | Science Fiction, Family | Jan. 10, 1975

Stowaway to the Moon
E.J. Mackernutt, Jr., an 11-year-old boy who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, sneaks into Cape Kennedy and becomes a stowaway on a spaceship scheduled for a lunar landing. After he is discovered, NASA at first cancels the landing, but E.J. and the astronauts convince them to go forward with it. Problems arise when one of the astronauts is incapacitated by illness and the other two are stranded on the moon's surface, but E.J. is able to command the space capsule and save the day.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers 20th Century Fox Television, Alan Neuman Productions, A MOR-Film Fare
Original title Stowaway to the Moon
Directors Jack Barry, Andrew V. McLaglen
Writers William R. Shelton, Jon Boothe

Cast

Lloyd Bridges

as Charlie Englehardt

Jeremy Slate

as Astronaut Capt. Rick Lawrence

Jim McMullan

as Astronaut Ben Pelham

Morgan Paull

as Astronaut Dave Anderson

Michael Link

as Eli 'E.J.' Mackernutt, Jr.

John Carradine

as Jacob Avril

Jack Callahan

as Dr. Jack Smathers

Charles Conrad

as Himself

Walter Brooke

as Whitehead

Keene Curtis

as Tom Estes

Edward Faulkner

as Eli Mackernutt, Sr.

Jon Cedar

as Hans Hartman

Barbara Faulkner

as Mrs. Mary Mackernutt

Stephen Rogers

as Joey Williams