Top billed cast

1. 

   Edward Judd

   Arnold Bedford

2. 

   Martha Hyer

   Kate Callender

3. 

   Lionel Jeffries

   Joseph Cavor

4. 

   Miles Malleson

   Dymchurch Registrar

5. 

   Norman Bird

   Stuart

6. 

   Gladys Henson

   Nursing Home Matron

7. 

   Hugh McDermott

   Richard Challis

8. 

   Betty McDowall

   Margaret Hoy

9. 

   Erik Chitty

   Gibbs (uncredited)

10. View more

Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2020-02-16

Could you believe, they put a man on the Moon - that early!?

Directed by Nathan Juran, First Men In The Moon is an adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel "The First Men in the Moon". Nigel Kneale (creator of Quatermass) and Jan Read write the screenplay, Ray Harryhausen provides the stop-motion effects, and the cast is made up of Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd & Martha Hyer.

The story sees a UN rocket flight to the Moon land in 1964 thinking it is the first landing in history. However, they discover a British Union Flag and a notice written by a Katherine Callender (Hyer) stating that the Mo...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Moonfall62%
2. Destination Moon59%
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey80%
4. The 5th Wave59%
5. Moon75%
6. John Carter63%
7. Crater66%
8. The Time Machine73%
9. Project Hail Mary86%
10. The Martian77%
11. Mortal Engines62%
12. Planet of the Apes76%
13. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider59%
14. The Aeronauts68%
15. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets66%
16. 6559%
17. Escape from the Planet of the Apes63%
18. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island61%
19. The Time Machine63%
20. War of the Worlds65%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$1,650,000.00

Keywords

• moon
• based on novel or book
• space travel
• moon landing
• victorian england
• giant insect
• alien
• flashback
• 19th century
• dynamation
• lunacolor