Missile to the Moon (1958)
Two escaped convicts are found hiding in a rocketship built by a renegade inventor, who forces them to become the crew for a trip to the Moon. Also on board, as inadvertent stowaways, are his assistant and his secretary; and none of them are aware that the inventor is actually a Lunarian explorer sent to Earth by the dying Lunar civilization and the only remaining male member of that civilization.
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*Spoiler/plot- Missle to the Moon, 1958. A private pair of spaceship makers want to travel to the moon. At the last minute, government officials intervene to take over their project. A hasty lift-off with a skeleton crew of two escaped hip-ster convicts and a couple of stowaways launch and land on the moon. On the moon, they explore and find a underground all female moon civilization thats dying. The moon maidens try to steal the Earth ship to use it to escape to their safety. *Special Stars- Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, Tommy Cook, K. T. Stevens, Nina Bara.*Theme- Spaceflight exploration is simple.*Trivia/location/goofs- Funny to see regular gym lockers in a spaceship for set dressing. this film is a remake of 3-D 'Cat Women of the Moon'(Cat Women had 'The Hollywood Dancers' for the eye-candy, in this film beauty contest winners) and 'Queen of Outer Space' with Zsa Zsa Gabor. The cave monster spider was also used in many other B-Movie films. The other special note was the use of rock-men that looked like 'Gumby' attacking the heroes. Location: Red Rock Canyon- Ridgecrest, California.*Emotion- I found this film' plot to be too repetitious of several other B-Movies to care very much. I did enjoy the unique elements of this film like the rock men and the moon maidens. This film is fun to see once, but not a second time. Go see it's original films for some much deeded and added entertainment value. *Based On- 50's moon flight technology and public knowledge.
De-facto remake of Cat women of the Moon about a shipful of men who find a hidden civilization full of women on the moon. They also find some monsters.Classic 1950's scifi film has been raided for its footage numerous times over the years. Even if you haven't seen the whole film, there is a very good chance that you'll have seen at least some part of this film (I'd guess either the rock men or the giant spider). The complete film is rather silly but fun in a B-movie spoofy sort of away, except that the film isn't a spoof, this is the real deal. (Why see films like the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra when this is the real deal?) I like the film and its exactly the sort of fun nonsense that I like in my 1950's science fiction films. Is it the best film ever made? Absolutely not. But it is a fun throw back to a simpler time before we knew better, or if we did know better we could at least pretend we didn't for the sake of fun. Anyone wanting a bit of campy scifi fun is directed to this film.(To be honest I have no idea why any one would want to remake the even sillier Catwomen of the Moon, but I guess the producers figured that no one was ever going to day anything.)
Dirk Green(Michael Whalen)wants to keep the spaceship he built to himself without any interference from the government. When he finds a couple of escaped convicts hiding in the craft, he forces Lon(Gary Clarke)and Gene(Tommy Cook)to become his crew and it is all systems go. The missile is launched and found aboard are Dirk's science technician and partner Steve(Richard Travis)and his fiancée June(Cathy Down). Before the ship even lands on the moon, Dirk is accidentally killed and nobody else knows that he is actually a previous inhabitant of the moon trying to get back. The adventurers land on the moon and find a dying civilization of beautiful women under the rule of The Lido(K.T. Stevens). There are also some "rock monsters" that look like man-size stone Gumbies. Thus this low budget affair has very primitive special effects and is no showcase for recognizable acting abilities.
A quintet of folks -- stalwart Steve Dayton (stolid Richard Travis), his plucky gal pal June Saxton (pretty Cathy Downs), kindly old scientist Dirk Green (affable Michael Whalen), brash escaped convict Gary Fennell (sparky Tommy Cook) and his whiny buddy Lon (jittery Gary Clarke) -- fly off in a rocket ship to the moon. The discover a race of attractive lunar ladies led by the blind the Lido (essayed with lip-smacking relish by K.T. Stevens) who are running low on oxygen and want to leave their planet as soon as possible. Clumsily directed with total seriousness by Richard Cunha, with plain cinematography by Meredith Nicholson, flat acting, a trite, talky script, an overwrought full-bore orchestral score by Nicholas Carras, sluggish pacing, laughable dialogue, tacky (far from) special effects, and uproariously obvious cardboard sound stages, this infamous nifty 50's low-budget sci-fi camp classic provides plenty of goofy entertainment and a sizable number of unintentional chuckles. The rock monsters in particular are a total hoot; they resemble pumped-up pernicious versions of Gumby. The giant fake rubbery puppet spider likewise makes for a positively gut-busting shoddy sight to behold. Moreover, the lunar ladies are all undeniably lovely, with Nina Bara clearly copping the top honors as the selfish and insolent Alpha. Good, silly kitsch fun.