First Men in the Moon (1964)
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Directors
Nathan Juran
Cast
Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries, Miles Malleson, Norman Bird, Gladys Henson, Hugh McDermott, Betty McDowall
The story
In 1964, the United Nations sends a rocket to the Moon. A multi-national group of astronauts land, believing themselves to be the first lunar explorers. However, they discover a battered Union Jack flag and a handwritten note, dated some 65 years earlier, claiming the Moon on behalf of Queen Victoria.
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Adventure, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
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