Man in the Moon (1960)

Director:

Basil Dearden

Writers:

Bryan Forbes (original screenplay)
Michael Relph (original screenplay)

Release Date:

25 August 1961 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A Riotous Farce About Fearless Astronauts

Plot:

Scientists are looking for a man to send up to be the first man on the moon. A man immune to worry, disease and even the common cold. They think they have found him until the impossible happens at Woomera... |

Plot Keywords:

Science | Space | Based On Novel | Independent Film

Cast

Kenneth More	...	William Blood
Shirley Anne Field	...	Polly
Michael Hordern	...	Dr. Davidson
Charles Gray	...	Leo
John Glyn-Jones	...	Dr. Wilmot
John Phillips	...	Prof. Stephens
Norman Bird	...	Herbert
Noel Purcell	...	Prospector
Bernard Horsfall	...	Rex
Newton Blick	...	Dr. Hollis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Boa	...	Roy
Ed Devereaux	...	Storekeeper
Lionel Gamlin	...	Doctor #2
Danny Green	...	Lorry driver
Jeremy Lloyd	...	Jaguar driver
Richard Pearson	...	Doctor #1
Russell Waters	...	Woomera director

Runtime:

USA:98 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Excalibur Films

Trivia:

Shirley Anne Field was dubbed by Nikki Van der Zyl.

Quotes:

Blood: Married? Are you kidding? I wouldn't touch it. I've got my career to think about. The only reason I'm at the top of my profession is that I have absolute peace of mind. You're married though, aren't you?
J.B. Davidson: Well, yes, as a matter of fact.
Blood: I can always tell.
J.B. Davidson: How?
Blood: Well look at you. Toxic as a crow, sneezing like a maniac, cigarette ash all down your front, nervous, out of breath, you've got married man written across your forehead in big neon letters!
J.B. Davidson: But I'm happily married.
Blood: Ah, she's got you well trained.

Righty-ho Chaps!

If the British had ever mounted a moon exploration mission I wouldn't expect this film to be too far from the truth. Kenneth More plays Billy Blood, an everyman selected to be the first man on the moon by three crackpot 'NASTI' scientists who deem the trip too dangerous to be made by trained astronauts.

There follows a series of experiments, three jealous astronauts, a stripper girlfriend and a baked beans tin in the Australian Outback...

It's British, it's mad, and it's fanciful, if not a little wayward in parts..look out for a young Charles Gray enjoying himself as the upper-crust astronaut brainwashed into being Blood's new best friend...

"I say chaps, I shouldn't have had that last bit of tea and toast before take-off"...