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Moon Pilot

  • 19621962
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  • 1h 38m
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5.4/10
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Moon Pilot (1962)
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Away on a short leave before an upcoming moon launch, a NASA astronaut disappears and is feared kidnapped when the security services learn about his friendship with a suspected foreign femal... Read allAway on a short leave before an upcoming moon launch, a NASA astronaut disappears and is feared kidnapped when the security services learn about his friendship with a suspected foreign female spy.Away on a short leave before an upcoming moon launch, a NASA astronaut disappears and is feared kidnapped when the security services learn about his friendship with a suspected foreign female spy.
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  • Director
    • James Neilson
  • Writers
    • Maurice Tombragel(screenplay)
    • Robert Buckner(story)
  • Stars
    • Tom Tryon
    • Brian Keith
    • Edmond O'Brien
  • Director
    • James Neilson
  • Writers
    • Maurice Tombragel(screenplay)
    • Robert Buckner(story)
  • Stars
    • Tom Tryon
    • Brian Keith
    • Edmond O'Brien
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    • 16User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Tom Tryon
    Tom Tryon
    • Capt. Richmond Talbot
    Brian Keith
    Brian Keith
    • Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman
    Edmond O'Brien
    Edmond O'Brien
    • McClosky - aka 'Mac'
    Dany Saval
    Dany Saval
    • Lyrae
    Bob Sweeney
    Bob Sweeney
    • Sen. Henry McGuire
    Kent Smith
    Kent Smith
    • Secretary of the Air Force
    Tommy Kirk
    Tommy Kirk
    • Walter Talbot
    Simon Scott
    Simon Scott
    • Medical Officer
    Bert Remsen
    Bert Remsen
    • Agent Brown
    Sarah Selby
    Sarah Selby
    • Mrs. Celia Talbot
    Dick Whittinghill
    Dick Whittinghill
    • Col. Briggs
    Robert Brubaker
    Robert Brubaker
    • Space Flight Technician
    • (uncredited)
    Walt Davis
    • Air Force Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Douglas Evans
    Douglas Evans
    • Colonel
    • (uncredited)
    Sally Field
    Sally Field
    • Beatnik Girl in Lineup
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Garrett
    • Control Board Technician
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Hastings
    Bob Hastings
    • Motorist
    • (uncredited)
    Jonathan Hole
    Jonathan Hole
    • Hotel Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • James Neilson
    • Writers
      • Maurice Tombragel(screenplay)
      • Robert Buckner(story)
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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Sally Field and Jo Anne Worley,
    • Goofs
      When Capt. Richmond Talbot asks Lyrae where she is from, she says that she is from Betalyrae. She adds that "it is planet beyond the star that you call Andromeda". But no one would call Andromeda a star; Andromeda is a galaxy consisting of billions of stars.
    • Quotes

      Lyrae: [singing the "Beta Lyrae" song] X-A luna bot/X-A luna lot/There are seven moons/Of Beta Lyrae/Seven moons/All made for love/ X-A luna bot/X-A luna lot/Seven moons above/Seven kinds of love/There are seven moons of Beta Lyrae/Seven moons that shine above/Seven times the shine/For a girl and boy/Seven moons above/Seven times the love/From the deep blue sea/To the galaxy/Seven moons above/Seven times the love.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Magical World of Disney: Spy in the Sky (1962)
    • Soundtracks
      Seven Moons of Beta Lyrae
      Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

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    7/10
    MOON PILOT (James Neilson, 1962) ***
    I'd missed out on this one as both as a VHS rental and on local TV in the past but which, bafflingly, hasn't been available anywhere else (not even on DVD) until now…or, perhaps, not so strange – since it's considered pretty much an outdated early movie about the space program!

    That said, the film has always enjoyed a reputation as one of the better Walt Disney live-action efforts – an opinion I was happy to share after watching it for myself (especially given my recent disappointment with such other popular albeit ultra-juvenile fare as THE GNOME-MOBILE [1967] and the two "Witch Mountain" outings). In fact, this has very few concessions to the typical Disney 'cuteness' (basically extending to the inevitable romance and an over-eager member at the space center breaking into a would-be hip "Go, man, go!" routine with every shuttle launch) and is clearly elevated by the presence of strong actors – Tom Tryon is ideally cast in the lead, though it's Brian Keith as his constantly exasperated superior and Edmond O'Brien as the dogged yet bewildered Federal Security man who dominate much of the proceedings (especially when the two engage in shouting matches between themselves).

    Anyway, as can be gleaned from the title, the plot involves attempts by the U.S. to orbit the moon: the first guinea-pig is a chimp which, however, goes berserk on returning home; undeterred, a human volunteer is requested – Tryon, of course (though he's actually air-sick!). Soon after, he begins to be followed by a petite girl of obvious foreign origins (Dany Saval, whose gaucheness starts off by being corny but eventually proves disarming) – who not only knows all about his supposedly top-secret mission but actively wants to impart to him vital information about his safety 'up there'; however, he believes her to be a spy and tries his best to avoid her! Still, she manages to turn up at the most unexpected places (even after O'Brien has him 'kidnapped' to a hotel) and eventually confesses to being an alien – clearly possessing advanced knowledge and who, atypically for the sci-fi genre, intends to extend help to Earth people rather than conquer them!

    MOON PILOT, then, resorts agreeably to such well-worn albeit effective suspense/spy movie trappings as the "McGuffin" (in the form of the missing element which would allow humans to adapt to the atmosphere in outer space), chases, impersonation and, it goes without saying, the growing affection between hero and heroine thrown into this unusual situation. Apart from the obvious space gadgetry, the sci-fi aspect of the film is evident in the scene in which, to demonstrate her powers, Saval gives Tryon a foretaste of his/their future. As always with Disney films, however, comedy is as much an intrinsic ingredient of the formula: best of all are the running 'unreliable elevator' gag with Tryon and O'Brien, and the potentially campy suspects' line-up of beatniks (under whose guise Saval has descended to Earth – clearly a sign of the times). Keith's queasy look during the latter sequence is priceless…as is his final flustered off-screen outburst when Tryon and Saval sign off in space courtesy of a Sherman Brothers love song!
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    • Release date
      • April 5, 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mondgeflüster
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.75 : 1

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