First Men in the Moon

First Men in the Moon

103 mins | Adventure, Science Fiction | July 1, 1964

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.

First Men in the Moon

103 mins | Adventure, Science Fiction | July 1, 1964

First Men in the Moon
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Columbia Pictures, Ameran Films
Original title First Men in the Moon
Directors George Pollard, Eileen Head, Nathan H. Juran
Writers Jan Read, Nigel Kneale, H.G. Wells

Cast

Edward Judd

as Arnold Bedford

Martha Hyer

as Kate Callender

Lionel Jeffries

as Joseph Cavor

Miles Malleson

as Dymchurch Registrar

Norman Bird

as Stuart

Gladys Henson

as Nursing Home Matron

Hugh McDermott

as Richard Challis

Betty McDowall

as Margaret Hoy

Erik Chitty

as Gibbs (uncredited)

Douglas Ives

as Sparks (uncredited)

Peter Finch

as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)

Marne Maitland

as Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)

Laurence Herder

as Glushkov, UN Space Agency

Paul Carpenter

as Reporter from the 'Express' (uncredited)

John Forbes-Robertson

as First Reporter (uncredited)

Kenneth Watson

as Second Reporter (uncredited)

Sean Kelly

as Col. Rice, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

Gordon Robinson

as Sgt Andrew Martin, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

John Murray Scott

as Cosmonaut Nevsky, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

Brook Williams

as British Astronaut, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)

George Hilsdon

as Constable (uncredited)

Mary Maxfield

as Nurse (uncredited)

Huw Thomas

as Announcer (uncredited)

Valentine Dyall

as Narrator (uncredited)