First Men in the Moon (1964)

Cast

Cast overview:
	Edward Judd	...	Bedford
	Martha Hyer	...	Kate
	Lionel Jeffries	...	Cavor
	Miles Malleson	...	Dymchurch Registrar
	Norman Bird	...	Stuart
	Gladys Henson	...	Nursing Home Matron
	Hugh McDermott	...	Richard Challis
	Betty McDowall	...	Margaret Hoy

Storyline

Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the first time. But the delight turns to shock 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. On Earth, an investigation team finds the last of the Victorian crew - a now aged Arnold Bedford and he tells them the story of how he and his girlfriend, Katherine Callender, meet up with a inventor, Joseph Cavor, in 1899. Cavor has invented Cavorite, a paste that will allow anything to deflect gravity and he created a sphere that will actually take them to the moon. Taking Arnold and accidently taking Katherine they fly to the moon where, to their total amazement, they discover a bee-like insect population who take a unhealthy interest in their Earthly visitors... Written by Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>  

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