Nude on the Moon (1961)

Directors:

Raymond Phelan
Doris Wishman

Writers:

Raymond Phelan
Doris Wishman
(more)

Release Date:

1961 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

A truly different adventure!

Plot:

A rich rocket scientist organizes an expedition to the moon, which they discover is inhabited by nude women.

Plot Keywords:

Moon | Exploitation | Coral Castle | Sexploitation | Astronaut

Cast

Marietta	...	Cathy / Moon Goddess
William Mayer	...	Professor
Lester Brown	...	Dr. Jeff Huntley
Pat Reilly
Ira Magee
Lacey Kelly
Shelby Livingston
Robert W. Kyorimee
Joyce M. Geary
Charles Allen
Evelyn Burke
Joyce Brooks
Hugh Brooks
Mary Lassey
R.C. Lassey		(as Capt. R. C. Lassey)
Robert B. Lassey
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doris Wishman	...	Lady in Parking Lot (uncredited)

Directed by
Raymond Phelan		(as Anthony Brooks)
Doris Wishman		(as Anthony Brooks)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jack Caplan		story idea
Raymond Phelan		(as O. O. Miller)
Doris Wishman		(as O.O. Miller)

Produced by
Martin Caplan	....	producer
Doris Wishman	....	producer

Original Music by
Daniel Hart		(music)

Cinematography by
Raymond Phelan		(as Raymond Pheelan)

Film Editing by
Ivan McDowell

Sound Department
Stuart Hersh	....	sound effects editor (as Stuart A. Hersh)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bunny Yeager	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Moon Productions

Distributors

• J.E.R. Pictures (1961) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sleaziest Videos (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• VCI Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2000) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Coral Castle  thanks
• Titra Sound Corporation  sound post-production
• Tri-Pix Film Service  titles (as Tri-Pix Inc.)

Also Known As:

"Girls on the Moon" - USA (bowdlerized title)
"Moon Dolls" - USA (bowdlerized title)
"Nature Girls on the Moon" - USA (bowdlerized title)
"Nature on the Moon" - USA (bowdlerized title)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Coral Castle - 28655 S. Dixie Highway, Homestead, Florida, USA

Company:

Moon Productions

Trivia:

When Dr. Huntley and the Professor are driving to the launch site, they pass the Variety Theater, which is showing Hideout in the Sun (1960). That film, which was Doris Wishman's first movie (Nude on the Moon was her second) launched her film making career.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Scenes of the Earth from space are inverted. The continents are backward, and the Earth is rotating the wrong direction.

Quotes:

Professor:[Discussing the upcoming Moon trip] If all goes well, we'll be back in Miami in four days.
Dr. Jeff Huntley:Then you can see that movie you were telling me about.
[They pass the Variety Theater, showing "Hideout In The Sun" in "Nudarama"]
Professor:I saw it last night.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Extra Weird (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Moon Doll

Genre Hurrah #314: Long live the sci-fi nudie cutie!

Wow! This movie has it all! Get this: Two scientists go to the moon, in the dodgiest of rockets, and discover nudie (well, okay, topless then) space girls! One of them falls in love with the Empress of the Moon ( a dead ringer for his secretary back on Earth). The professor has got to be seen to be believed. See the two men sitting next to each other and communicating with each other via radio headsets! See the worst space suits ever! See the amazing professor enthuse about plants as moon girls play topless volley ball! Witness very spacey dancing from some of the weirder lunar lovelies! The only movie that makes the Queen of Outer Space seem like 2001! A true kitsch classic, and you can take that from a man who knows his cheese. Nineties remake, anyone?