Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon
Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts…
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Don Sharp
Actors: Burl Ives, Jimmy Clitheroe, Terry-Thomas
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