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.
Similar titles
Reviews
Simply Perfect
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Good concept, poorly executed.
Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
It is curious how entertaining bad 1950s science-fiction movies can be. The cheesy production values, the absurd story lines, the ridiculous scientific details and the bad acting somehow all combine to make them a lot of fun to watch. "Missile to the Moon" is a prime example. A couple of punks break out of prison and manage to take refuge in a space ship, despite the fact that the ship is surrounded by an electrified fence. Rather than turn the two creeps in to the cops, the designer of the ship impresses the two escaped convicts to serve as his crew. After teaching them everything they need to know about how to fly a rocket ship in about five minutes, the three take off for the moon. However, not before two stowaways manage to join them aboard the ship, namely the designer's assistant and his girlfriend.Once on the moon, the intrepid astronauts find that it is a great deal different from what terrestrial scientists now know to be the case. The moon is inhabited by "rock monsters" with an instinct to pursue humans (albeit very slowly), giant marionette spiders and a community of sex-starved, green-skinned women ruled by a blind queen referred to as "The Ledo". Most of the moon-bimbos are played by an assortment of winners of minor beauty contests who were probably told that being in this movie would be a great way to break into the movies (it wasn't). There were conspiracy theorists who believed at the time, and some who still believe, that Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong never really landed on the moon in 1969, and that the whole moon landing was nothing but an elaborate government hoax. Perhaps the fact that Aldrin and Armstrong never mentioned anything about encountering "rock monsters", giant marionette spiders or green space-broads on the moon is proof that those conspiracy theorists were right after all.
A spaceship blasts off from Earth with five aboard, but one of them is secretly a Moon man returning home. He dies by accident during the trip to Luna.While this is incredibly cheesy, and not very scientifically accurate (at one point the rocket looks like cardboard), it is fun. The rock creatures are especially interesting. The spider is okay, although it does look a bit silly and this is the second or third time that same prop has appeared in a film.I am curious what color the moon people are supposed to be. In the version I watched, they were sort of greenish blue. But in other versions, they are more naturally human-colored. And, of course, originally the film had no color at all. I suspect the true color is closer to human-tone, because otherwise how did Dirk (the moon man) pass as human?
*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.)
Top Streaming Movies
