In a futuristic world, the USA decides to send a married couple of astronauts to its moon base in order to prevent any improper contact with the Soviet female cosmonauts manning the USSR moon base.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jerry Lewis | ... | Peter Mattemore | |
| Connie Stevens | ... | Eileen Forbes | |
| Robert Morley | ... | Harold Quonset | |
| Dennis Weaver | ... | Hoffman | |
| Howard Morris | ... | Schmidlap | |
| Brian Keith | ... | Gen. 'Howling Bull' Hallenby | |
| Dick Shawn | ... | Igor Valkleinokov | |
| Anita Ekberg | ... | Anna Soblova | |
| William O'Connell | ... | Ponsonby | |
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Bobo Lewis | ... | Esther Davenport |
| Sig Ruman | ... | Russian Delegate | |
| Milton Frome | ... | American Delegate | |
| Alexander D'Arcy | ... | Deuce Hawkins (as Alex D'Arcy) | |
| Linda Harrison | ... | Peggy | |
| James Brolin | ... | Ted Robertson | |
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In 1989, the Americans and the Russians each have a two-person base on the moon. The Americans have had to keep replacing their astronaut teams because they quickly go crazy; they have been using only male astronauts on the unspoken assumption that this would avoid any possibility of impropriety. The Russians, as godless Communists, are under no such constraints, and their male-female team has remained well-adjusted. At the start of the film, a male and female American astronaut team is sent up to replace the sex-starved all-male team. The government insists on them being married first to preserve morality. Most of the story revolves around the eventual consummation of this marriage of convenience, and around their relationship with their Russian neighbors, who keep casually dropping by. Written by Bob Kanefsky
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By Gemini, here's the wildest crew on Earth, Saturn, Mars, Moon etc. See more »Parents Guide:
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26 October 1966 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Das Mondkalb See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 18, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
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$2,955,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Narrator: This is Colonel John "Shorty" Powers in Lunar Launch Control. This story takes place near the turn of the century -not the last century, the *next* century. Nothing very much has happened since the 1960's: There as still a United Nations, and peace in the world... or at least what we have come to accept as "peace".
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Words by Hal Winn
Music by Lalo Schifrin
Sung by Gary Lewis & The Playboys (as Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
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The title song, "Way . . . Way Out", is performed by Jerry Lewis' son's band, Gary Lewis & The Playboys. See more »Goofs
On their first night on the moon the valve on Pete's pillow appears and disappears. See more »Quotes
[First lines]Narrator: This is Colonel John "Shorty" Powers in Lunar Launch Control. This story takes place near the turn of the century -not the last century, the *next* century. Nothing very much has happened since the 1960's: There as still a United Nations, and peace in the world... or at least what we have come to accept as "peace".
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Way... Way OutWords by Hal Winn
Music by Lalo Schifrin
Sung by Gary Lewis & The Playboys (as Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
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Although Jerry Lewis is the star of this mid 60's spoof of the space program he gets plenty of help in providing the comedy. A good supporting cast make this an enjoyable comedy film.
Howard Morris's character Schmidlapp a sex starved American astronaut who's been stationed on the moon far too long is perhaps the best of all. When he sees the gorgeously cute Connie Stevens he loses it. "Maybe she's one of those girls who soaps herself all over..and...then ...gets...into the tub" he tells fellow astronauts Lewis and Dennis Weaver who are wondering how Stevens takes a bath. The late Dick Shawn and Brian Keith are also featured. Like Gilligans Island "Your sure to get a smile" when you see this movie.