12 to the Moon

12 to the Moon

74 mins | Science Fiction | June 10, 1960

A group of twelve international scientists are the first to land on the moon. In their exploration of the surface, they run into all kinds of trouble, including threatening messages from alien life forms residing on the moon. Just a short nine years before the historic moon landing, this film's understanding of the science of space exploration is fantastically simplistic, but this well-made science fiction film holds interest with a strong cast and intriguingly strange events, photographed with great style by John Alton. Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, John Wengraf, and Robert Montgomery Jr. portray the intrepid scientists.

12 to the Moon

74 mins | Science Fiction | June 10, 1960

12 to the Moon
A group of twelve international scientists are the first to land on the moon. In their exploration of the surface, they run into all kinds of trouble, including threatening messages from alien life forms residing on the moon. Just a short nine years before the historic moon landing, this film's understanding of the science of space exploration is fantastically simplistic, but this well-made science fiction film holds interest with a strong cast and intriguingly strange events, photographed with great style by John Alton. Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, John Wengraf, and Robert Montgomery Jr. portray the intrepid scientists.
IMDb rating 3.3
Producers Columbia Pictures, Luna Productions Inc.
Original title 12 to the Moon
Directors David Bradley
Writers Fred Gebhardt, DeWitt Bodeen

Cast

Ken Clark

as Capt. John Anderson

Michi Kobi

as Dr. Hideko Murata

Tom Conway

as Dr. Feodor Orloff

Anthony Dexter

as Dr. Luis Vargas

Anna-Lisa

as Dr. Sigrid Bomark

John Wengraf

as Dr. Erich Heinrich

Muzaffer Tema

as Dr. Selim Hamid

Robert Montgomery Jr.

as Roddy Murdock

Phillip Baird

as Dr. William Rochester

Richard Weber

as Dr. David Ruskin

Roger Til

as Dr. Etienne Martel

Cory Devlin

as Dr. Asmara Markonen

Francis X. Bushman

as Secretary General of the International Space Order