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12 to the Moon (1960)
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June 1960 (USA) moreTagline:
starring An International Cast morePlot:
An international team embarks on an expedition to the moon in an uncommonly spacious rocketship. There... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Good intentions, bad movie. moreUS TV Schedule:
| Mon. July 20 | 11:30 AM | TCM |
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Ken Clark | ... | Capt. John Anderson | |
| Michi Kobi | ... | Dr. Hideko Murata | |
| Tom Conway | ... | Dr. Feodor Orloff | |
| Anthony Dexter | ... | Dr. Luis Vargas (as Tony Dexter) | |
| John Wengraf | ... | Dr. Erich Heinrich | |
| Robert Montgomery Jr. | ... | Roddy Murdock (as Bob Montgomery Jr.) | |
| Phillip Baird | ... | Dr. William Rochester | |
| Richard Weber | ... | Dr. David Ruskin | |
| Muzaffer Tema | ... | Dr. Selim Hamid (as Tema Bey) | |
| Roger Til | ... | Dr. Etienne Martel | |
| Cory Devlin | ... | Dr. Asmara Markonen | |
| Anna-Lisa | ... | Dr. Sigrid Bomark | |
| Francis X. Bushman | ... | Secretary General of the International Space Order |
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Despite the overall low budget nature of this film, the producers obtained the services of the highly regarded cinematographer John Alton. This became one of two features shot by Alton during the final year of his active career. This did not indicate a decline in Alton's professional reputation; the other film shot that year was the far more upscale Elmer Gantry (1960). moreGoofs:
Continuity: Stock footage of real shuttle arcing towards Earth depicts an extremely long 'tail' of engine fire while close-up model shots show only a small flame (which is crooked, pointing 'up'). moreFAQ
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Let me just say first, that it was a very noble idea for the moon to be explored as a global effort. They had representatives of many nations and even a black man and two women! (Actually pretty bold ideas at the time.) And even in the midst of the Red scare, they had a Russian, who, despite being a jerk, stops another European from sabotaging a mission to save the U.S. Yes, the movie seems to have been made with noble intentions towards world peace. That said, this is one big turkey. First, no one involved with the movie had any idea about what the moon and space were really like. (They have steam coming out of craters, and several clusters of meteors just between earth and the moon.) Second, the SFX are pitiful. (The ship at times has visible strings, and at one point a stick. The moon also appears to have Stage lights at one point.) These ingredients makes it a fairly awful movie. My recommendation? Watch the MST3K version and applaud the good intent but laugh at how awful everything else is.