Cunha, that stars john ashley, sandra knight, donald murphy, and sally todd. Watch chasing the moon american experience official site pbs. Featuring some hilarious special effects, including a marionette spider and foam rubber rock men, missile to the moon. It turned out to have gotten a lot of the details right. Except that instead of a meticulously planned journey that took nasa countless man. Missile to the moon is nobodys idea of a good movie. I love the old movies, even if, missile to the moon is just a copycat of the 1953 black an white moviecatwomen of the moon. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. His capsule had ejected from the rocket prematurely, landing him in the australian desert. Hollywood, the moon landing, and trumps final frontier. The film was distributed by astor pictures and was released theatrically as a double feature with missile to the moon. This bmovie double feature classic is definitely the original inspiration for the title parody in the film amazon women on the moon.
This remake is available as a rifftrax video on demand title. Staring gary clarke, nina bara, cathy downs and richard travis. Here, he splains to the general about how his boss can get that hunk of metal out there to the moon and back, all in one piece. The film was distributed by astor pictures and is a remake of an earlier astor picturesdistributed film, catwomen of the moon 1953. Missile to the moon 1959 an astronaut richard travis and his team find a big spider, women in stockings and rock men on the moon. The film was distributed by astor pictures and is a remake of an earlier astor. That film, however, featured the gorgous sybil danning, while in this 50s classic, we have to settle for teenage beauty contestants. No movie taking place on the moon would be complete without a few rubbery rock monsters roaming around. In fact, they jump in the rocket and speed back to earthsee ya later or not. In a film based on the writings of french resistance fighter and pow andre devigny, fontaine francois leterrier is being held by the nazis at fort montluc.
The film was distributed by astor pictures and is a remake of an earlier astor picturesdistributed film, catwomen of the moon. Producer marc frederics low budget film cuts show up using the blastoff sequence from old stock footage from a german world war ii v2 rocket launch. Dirk forces the pair to pilot the ship to the moon alongside two other stowaways, steve and june, when dirk is killed by accident the crew of the. A man immune to worry, disease, and even the common cold.
Popular 1960s 1970s television and movie costar leslie parrish also appears, billed under her. For the best experience please update your browser. Cunha, that stars richard travis, cathy downs, and k. Cat women of the moon was directed by arthur hilton.
Stevens as the moon s queen, and the always reliable ms. Apparently, moon women have a thing about stealing your rocket ship. Aliens from missile to the moon, 1958 retro futuristic. Needing a cofeature for his equally inept classic, frankensteins daughter, dickieboy took the dastardly infamous cat women of the moon and, through the miracle of halfassed movie magic, transformed it into missile to the moon. The name of a current phase, an approximate percent of an illuminated surface of the moon visible from the earth, and moon s age days are also provided. Watch missile to the moon online watch online anytime. I dont know that i fault it for being cheapjack, but more for not really having any fun with the cheapness, as id argue missile to the moon does.
Its your pick as to which is the funniest for all the wrong reasons, international beauty contest winners replace the originals hollywood cover girls the giant spider puppet returns for an encore performance. Firstly, its a hoot, a real kneeslapper, born mst3k material. First off, thanks to snappy video for taking the tame to release this 50s science fiction oddity with such a nice picture. There were also rock monsters in hercules against the moon men. A novelisation of the man in the moon screenplay was written by john foley and published in the uk by four square books, ltd.
Born in port jefferson, new york, downs began her film career with a small role in the dolly sisters 1945 and the following year played the title role in my darling clementine. The spider is a bit puppet like, but the moon women are compelling. Moon exploration was ostensibly abandoned decades ago until trump resurrected the dream but space travel makes for good entertainment and the neil armstrong biopic first man is set for theatrical release on october 12. The date of 1960 would indicate that it was published slightly in advance of the film s general release. Below you can find dates and hours of all moon phases in 1960. Chasing the moon, a film by robert stone, reimagines the race to the.
Savant expends a lot of energy to convey the felicities of soso films with good ideas, like 4d man, but finding hidden cinematic virtues in missile to the moon is a tall order. Jan 15, 2020 well stop supporting this browser soon. They find rock men, hairy spiders, and beautiful women on the moon. An entertaining antimasterpiece thats bonanza for bad movie aficionados. Bishop dwenger high school is a coeducational preparatory high school in the catholic diocese of fort wayne south bend.
Bishop dwenger high school library metrotone news digest. Somehow it managed to be even worse than the b movie original. Missile to the moon is a 1958 independently made american blackandwhite science fiction film drama, produced by marc frederic, directed by richard e. Somehow it managed to be even worse than the bmovie original. Top comments missile to the moon does not have any comments yet. Popular 1960s1970s television and film star leslie parrish also costars. Atlantis, the lost continent 1961 day of the triffids 1962. Stevens, gary clarke the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 18 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Richard got his start in 1940 as a constable in king of the royal mounted. Stevens and one of her maidens in distress mark hamill who narrates the wonderful documentary written and directed by richard schickel watch the skies. Check out our video and book products at missile to the moon is a 1958 blackandwhite science fiction film directed by richard e. Singin in the rain leading contender for greatest musical ever that calls back to.
Rifftrax missile to the moon dvd 1958 legend films. A beloved camp classic from the golden drivein era. Navy attempted to launch a german v2 rocket at seaone test launch from the aircraft carrier uss midway was performed on 6 september 1947 as part of the navys operation sandy. Frankensteins daughter is an independently made 1958 american blackandwhite science fictionhorror film drama, produced by marc frederic and george fowley, directed by richard e. Released 1959, missile to the moon stars richard travis, cathy downs, k. A colorized version of the film was released in 2007. Mar 20, 2012 check out our video and book products at missile to the moon is a 1958 blackandwhite science fiction film directed by richard e. Welcome to our weekly field guide to 1950s horror and scifi movies and the creatures that inhabit them.
With kenneth more, shirley anne field, norman bird, michael hordern. The hilariously bad remake of the hilariously bad catwomen of the moon a. This horrid, contemptible, shameless ripoff of catwomen of the moon is a lovely example of a truly awful scifi flick. Richard travis plays steve dayton, assistant in a project to send a missile to the moon. Gary clarke and tommy cook in missile to the moon 1958 cathy downs in missile to the moon 1958 missile to the moon 1958. Le articolo e accolto in tunisia il 25 novembre 1980 da proactive adventure verso sua variazione bunyik, congiunto con fessura idea specifico al 79. Popular 1960s 1970s television and film star leslie parrish also costars. Gojira 1954 created the kaiju genre of japanese film.
Missile to the moon is available to watch free on tubi tv and stream. This b movie double feature classic is definitely the original inspiration for the title parody in the film amazon women on the moon. Escaped convicts gary and lon make their way to the lab of dirk green, who discovers them hiding aboard the spaceship he has built for a trip to the moon. They think they have found him until the impossible happens at woomera. Its a peculiar film to have come from dewitt cat people bodeen, but at times i could see him tossing out wild ideas that didnt quite track. Scientists are looking for a man to send up to be the first man on the moon. Escaped convicts gary and lon are caught hiding in a rocket by scientist dirk green, who forces them to pilot the ship to the moon. Between scavenging railroads for rocket parts, launching diy rockets on. Missile to the moon 1959 stream and watch online moviefone.
An international team embarks on an expedition to the moon in an uncommonly. Apr 04, 2014 a beloved camp classic from the golden drivein era. Above you can see our calendar of moon phases for november 1960. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Missile to the moon the 1958 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Approved, 1 h 18 min richard travis, cathy downs, k. Dirks partner steve dayton and his fiance june stowaway on the ship by accident. Missile to the moon in color layton film productions inc. Missile to the moon on dvd 014381868722 from image ent directed by richard cunha. Telepathic society of amazonlike women on the moon, airfilled caverns, giant moon spiders, diamonds as common as granite, and so on. Featuring some hilarious special effects, including a marionette spider and foam rubber rock men, missile to the moon is a fun, campy trip.
Jan, 2015 this pin was discovered by journeys in color. Two escaped cons stowaway on a flight to the moon and discover a race of alien women ruled by a fierce and sadistic queen. Cathy downs march 3, 1924 december 8, 1976 was an american film actress. Bishop dwenger high school library metrotone news digest educational films from the 1960 s and 1970s, on subjects covering world war ii up to the early 1970s. Missile to the moon stars richard travis, laurie mitchell, and gary clarke. Jul 20, 2017 i noticed that the fred willard riff of missile to the moon wasnt around here and had been requested in the past, so i figured id upload it. Times are shown in daylight savings time when necessary and in standard time in the other cases. In the 1950s, shapely babes in leotards, or their equivalent, turned up in catwomen of the moon and its remake missile to the moon, abbott and costello go to mars, fire maidens offrom outer space ive seen prints with each title, flight to mars sort of, forbidden planet well, one babe anyway. Overview of missle to the moon, 1958, directed by richard cunha, with richard travis, cathy downs, k. Lunar shedevils lure earthmen into their lair of doom escaped convicts gary and lon are caught hiding in a rocket by scientist dirk green, who forces them to pilot the ship to the moon. Almost every aspect of cwotm has been borrowed without giving any credit to the original film. More than a decade before neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and the other guy actually landed on the moon, missile to the moon made giant leaps for both man and mankind with its daring portrayal of how the first lunar voyage might play out. I love the old movies, even if, missile to the moon is just a copycat of the 1953 black an white movie catwomen of the moon.
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