From the Earth to the Moon 1958 (Adventure, Sci-Fi) Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget

The amazing story of the boldest adventure dared by man!
In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.
Director: Byron Haskin
Writers: Jules Verne, Robert Blees, James Leicester
Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget
Genres: Literary, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
00:00 Full Movie
01:12 In a secret meeting, members of an armament club are introduced to a powerful weapon capable of reaching the Moon.
12:07 A mission to destroy a dangerous invention and the conflict it brings.
16:06 American scientists work on a powerful cannon to reach the Moon amidst international attention and urgency.
28:11 A government official urges a scientist to halt a potentially dangerous project amid fears of global conflict and public outrage.
35:19 Exploration of Moon project revived with infinite energy source discovery, scientist recruited for mission.
42:50 A group of individuals prepare for a groundbreaking space mission with uncertain outcomes.
1:01:30 A space mission to the Moon faces sabotage, leading to a life-threatening situation for the crew.
1:06:19 Drama unfolds as a space mission faces imminent danger and uncertain fate.
1:16:39 Mysterious events unfold as a space crew faces unexpected challenges while journeying towards the Moon.
1:24:29 A group of individuals attempt a mission to the Moon but face challenges and a tragic outcome.
1:31:40 A journey to the Moon ends in uncertainty and hope as signals are exchanged and a possible hoax is discussed.
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[@iap-ug3oy]

I am old enough to remember all these old films and the actors…How I loved my life then…..What a mess we are making of are planet now …….Best wishes to all.

[@darrellturner560]

It is the people who are a mess, not the planet.

[@pennylane8859]

Real words!

[@snowwhiteisalright]

How is there a mess being made of the planet?

[@TestUser-cf4wj]

What would you say if I told you that covid wasn't a tragedy, but a door opening to a future where the demands of humanity no longer threaten our world? Let us hope that the next plague to visit us does more than inconvenience us with masks and shortages of toilet paper. Do you understand my meaning?

[@Woffy.]

You don't have to live in the present, take your thoughts to a place that makes you happy. Leave the World to go its own way.

[@jeromewagschal9485]

I just LOVE Jules Verne movies made in the 1950's and 60's, my grandfather used to take me to this movie theater in Paris when I was a kid where they played them all, and sometimes they were on French TV too... Sweet memories...

[@milkywayexplorer942]

Faut lire les romans... Beaucoup mieux que les films !

[@jeromewagschal9485]

@@milkywayexplorer942I have read each and every Jules Verne novel since I was 6 years old and many times again ever since, as a matter of fact I see these books every day in my personal library... I even own some very old editions which must be worth quite a lot nowadays but I'll definitely keep them for my children 🙂🙂

[@phily-hu5pr]

Who will give a s*** about you except these Mormons here

[@morrismonet3554]

@@jeromewagschal9485 He was quite the futurist. Things he wrote about must have seemed incredible at the time.

[@jeromewagschal9485]

@@morrismonet3554 Indeed...His imagination was truly limitless, I sometimes wonder if his inventions didn't inspire people to accomplish the same things later...

[@stevemann9821]

I love all the sound effects from Forbidden Planet 😄

[@wendigo53]

Ripping off previous movies is a sci-fi tradition. Some of the sounds in Star Trek (original) came from earlier movies.

[@smithcj218]

I spotted that as well

[@davidfisher9026]

Only thing good about this bs film.

[@charlesyoung7436]

I believe the spinning capsules used the sound of the "Dee Cee" device that looked like a Star Trek transporter as the C-57D left hyperspace. Subsequently, there were various sound effects from after landing on Altair Four, including the outdoor fight scene with the Id Monster. Also, there seem to be some Forbidden Planet props in the below decks.

[@davidfisher9026]

@@charlesyoung7436 What good did the very elaborate spinning thingies do when all the woman had do was get herself out of acres of dress and underwear and hop into a diving suit ?

[@billylongnights6205]

Debra Paget is one of the finest looking ladies Hollywood’s ever produced! Still alive and kicking… Thanks for ‘Indian Tomb’ 1959, Debra! 😎

[@sulpherking]

Yes and amazing for 1959!!!

[@norm2264]

I would eat it

"We anticipated every contingency except the stupidity of men and their fear". Good words to remember when rational thought seems to be failing.

[@lancerevell5979]

Even a couple ancient Roman philosophers wrote of similar things. As Willy Shakespere said a few centuries ago, "There is nothing new under the sun!" It's all been done before. 😎👍

[@steventrosiek2623]

Thank you very much for giving this fantastic movie to us for viewing. It has been almost 50 years since I saw it the first and last time on television.

[@southtexasprepper1837]

Thank you so much for posting this movie here!!!!! This is one of my favorite Sci-Fi Movies of all time along with "H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon." Jules Verne was ahead of his time and seeing how technology was going to progress. He was one of the many visionaries as Leonardo da Vinci, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, George Orwell, Gene Roddenberry, and many unnamed others.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

So much for A.I according to it we have yet to get to the moon. Might explain why NASA shelved quantum computing.

[@jerryrichardson2799]

It's a fantasy, but _what_ a fantasy! I watched this late one night on TV, and I'm so glad I did. Steampunk fans should love it. If you like this, then I also recommend _Master of the World,_ with Vincent Price and Charles Bronson.

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

Yes, that is a fabulous movie and a real treat to watch~!!!!

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

I wasn't around for the 1969 fantasy either.

[@lyndonhenderson816]

Just remember what president Eisenhower said,beware of the military industrial complex 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😮

[@Orieni]

You understand that the original draft had a different and more accurate term. Congressional Military Industrial Complex. After all, without Congress, the opposite of progress, no money would be appropriated for either of the others.

[@user-lp8qp2un9v]

They run the stock market everything for war we get the bills and grief never paid back stop the massacre of innocent people

[@RSEFX]

Some TRIVIA notes: Alot of the props and machinery inside the ship were later used in one of the dumbest, wackiest hilariously bad Mexican flm, SHIP OF MONSTERS 9it's on YT). This film was shot in Mexico to save costs. It wasn't fully finished properly. For instance, shots of the film in space with flames underneath it were supposed to be composited with moving stars in the background, but....were never completed. The brief opening narration and countdown voice was done by actor Robert Clarke who shortly after this film starred in and directed THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON and starred in and produced BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER. The strange electronic music and sound effects aboard the moon-bound ship are from FORBIDDEN PLANET. Like I said, trivia! ;-7

[@jsl151850b]

*Thanks. Well known trivia. There should be a word for that.*

[@danielpitti6030]

Ooohh, yes! I saw it; Lalo vs. The Space Monsters 😜!

[@laurentiubucur9586]

This old movie is more actual than ever!👏

[@purplenurple6769]

Was sold at jules verne, saw this over 50yrs ago great movie. Enjoy the the ride🎉

[@praics]

ditto!☺

[@laercionogueira203]

Olá meu nome Laércio, 55 anos, Brasil, São Paulo

[@spikespa5208]

Put this in the same category with the films: Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Mysterious Island, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, The Time Machine, War Of The Worlds, etc. Technicolor big budget extravaganzas with notable casts of the '50s & early '60s

[@BubblewrapOracle]

Idk, it's Benedict presenting it. I hear he's pretty BOGe̶a̶US

[@jmfa57]

EXCELLENT reuse of the sound effects from Forbidden Planet. This is an awesome movie, thanks so much for sharing it!

[@davidlaney6153]

Scuba gear just invented in 1958...Love it...

[@wuzzlebottom]

Sound effects from Forbidden Planet. 😅

[@marksonsparks698]

And no credit for Louise and Bebe Barron again after being denied their "electronic tonalities" as music in that film.

[@ericeaklor1300]

Finally an actor who shuts the door

[@TestUser-cf4wj]

Aye, but doesn't, somehow, open it.

[@johndoherty1258]

Such a large rocket...amazing!

[@AndrewGivens]

I've never seen this and I've seen so many 50s and 60s SF movies (of gradually decreasing quality) recently... I just didn't know where to pitch my hopes... And *oh my Gosh* it's an actual quality movie! Look at that colour (glorious Technicolour - how I've missed thee, amid the desert of washed-out Italian tripe), the photography is so crisp! The cast - including people I've heard of, and well-credited in the title sequence, good-looking too (not always a sign of quality, sadly) and - *Oh Wow* - It's a *BYRON HASKIN* film! I'm so stoked for this. Thank you, Cult Cinema Classics: You've delivered a golden egg here.

[@zdave6083]

I like "washed out Italian tripe ". Better than nothing.

[@mileshigh1321]

Classic movie with some great actors! There are a few holes in the story though. One minute the workers are outside with pitchforks and death threats and the next they are celebrating the launch of the rocket! Also Nicholl says Barbicane doesn't know it but he will be going too. With nothing more said, he suddenly is going too. Almost like a scene was missing, with him saying he would not give the glass outer shell to Barbicane unless he goes. Still I did enjoy it!

[@TheTmny876able]

Thought i had all Jules vernes movies until now !

[@user-xy2bc9ms2c]

Another great, old movie from better years. It's nice to once again watch a movie and feel that sense of hope and wonder that I used to feel when I viewed movies back in my youth. A person just doesn't seem to have much hope for anything these days. As always, thank you for downloading and sharing this encouraging movie. :^)

[@Rich6Brew]

Those opening credits in the form of a book, all done by hand.

[@davidrobertson1980]

and I was thinking of commenting the exact same thing while I watched it unfold, beautiful work

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

I'm 78 now and remember this movie as a 12 yr. old in '58 and was really glad to have seen it again tonight so thanks so much for putting it on YT to bring all the memories flooding back. It was so much fun growing up then when life was so much simpler and happy times were a daily occurrence and now it's only Sad and Stressful but thank God I am almost done with it all~!!!

[@Sophie-go3ql]

We are close to the same age, and thank you for saying what I was thinking, as I watched this. We are perhaps fortunate to have experienced the beauty, simplicity and purity of life in our younger years, as God wanted us to. And now that the world has changed beyond salvation, I am also glad that I will not be part of it for too long. Thank you and God bless you.

[@tedbishop567]

The highest quality copy of this I've seen. Thanks!

[@user-yk4bi6ml3j]

I last saw this movie over 20 years! It is still a great movie! Thank you Jules Vern. Dr. Tim Rasico M.D.

[@aguilacalva2625]

Finally a movie where the subtitles work as they should👍🙂

[@MrPanetela]

97 degrees longitude west; 42 degrees 30 minutes latitude north is Buffalo, New York, USA.

[@captainsensiblejr.]

I wondet when the flaming meteors in space will turn up?. It was a mandatory rule that every 1950s space film had to have them ...

[@epoh8698]

Its great seeing into the minds of the older scifi creators. Wow it sure was decked out inside. And she is beautiful

[@che4568]

The colourisation and sharpness is still superb 👌

[@Robutube1]

It must be - I had presumed it was filmed in colour before I read your comment!

[@Davidsavage8008]

Im thankful for the captions .❤

[@janlassen6101]

I am not sure rotating the human body at 12000 rpm is very healthy🤔

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Ah it would be fine assuming their dead, even then it could be messy.

[@janlassen6101]

@@philipmcdonagh1094 Apparently it was not even needed.. The woman just needed to rest in a space-suit.

[@MrBsbotto]

Those spinning glass tunes were damn good, must have cost big $$$$!

[@joeparker3885]

Elon musk must have seen this when he was a kid. The rocket is just as pointy as space ship and power X ?!?

[@paul41to45]

I read Vernes book a long time ago, this adaptation seems different, more cold war worries here but still worth watching

[@albertpohl7145]

That was a really amazing film, probably some of the other Moon- and Mars-Researcher and -funders feel one day like they felt in this movie. Thank you very much for uploading this film. With friendly regards from Warsaw/Poland

[@lbennhtx6072]

Beautiful film. Thank you for sharing!

[@trollonwiggins]

Was hoping for a moon landing like the Mellier silent version.

[@Antartnord]

In 1950 there was more dramatic charge than in any modern Hollywood film.

[@TheRjjrjjr]

I really liked this movie! there is just the right amount of correct science for 1958. I will probably watch it again.

[@wordsofcheresie936]

Really? Was there some correct science? I didn't see any.

[@hhvictor2462]

Nice roomy spaceships back in the day. pheasant under glass in outer space.

[@roccobilly2973]

Thanks. An enjoyable movie. And... Yes, funny how they used the forbidden Planet soundtrack

[@CarlosGarcia-fi4yu]

If no one have noticed, the sound effects from this movie are originally from the 1956 movie "Forbidden Planet."

[@tomkroebel4936]

Best Sci-Fi movie ever ... except Wallace and Gromit's "A Grand Day Out" ;-)

[@danielpitti6030]

Jules Verne : Monsieur Wells...I am the father of Science Fiction! H.G. Wells : Prove it, Frenchie! Mary Shelley' : Ooohh, how cutes are you, kids!

[@wayneramquist367]

Good film I've been looking for this movie for quite a while on the internet I finally found it great

[@johnkarpiscak1134]

An interesting use of the Forbidden Planet soundtrack as they headed off to an around the Moon..

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

"Therefore, I shall get straight to the point..." Boom mic shadow on the wall. Fire the light man! WOOT! WOOT!

[@Jr-qo4ls]

I was wondering what that was. Thank you.

[@drewlotzmoore]

Thanks. I've never seen an HD version of this movie. Looks really good.

[@DoctorBillTheRadioMan]

Complete with sound effects from Forbidden Planet.

[@stevewheatley243]

Cool movie. And a great 19th century fantasy.

[@geoffreylee5199]

The original Astrodome!

[@oldcrow6990]

Funny, funny stuff. Great movie! The tubes during blast-off were so wonderful! Thank you!

[@yodservant]

Great *Lost in Space* sound effects....😊❤

[@robinkleinsteuber5217]

Sounds like a fun, entertaining film. I'll tune in! 👍

[@11non-serviam11]

Absolutely Fantastic!!!

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

I had this movie on my list to watch since the early 90s, but never found it.

[@binky1612]

I never knew of this film. Very enjoyable and good quality!

[@pootthatbak2578]

Do you know why? It was horrible. TV stations needed viewers to get advertisers. This movie is a disaster on nitrocellulose that should have melted in the can

[@potrzebieneuman4702]

This is one sci fi movie I've never seen. Interestingly they have used some of the theremin soundtrack from Forbidden Planet.

[@WagonLoads]

"The First Men in the Moon" by H.G. Wells was a similar movie Movie "The Invisible Boy" had the robot from Forbidden Planet 5000 Fingers of Dr T ... Lead actor recently died I think.. He was also in the movie "The Wonky" Movie "Fantastic Voyage" was cool, but had a lot of blinky lights in places with no logical reason to be there... "The Man in the White Suit" had some really cool mad scientist lab sound effects. Thank you everyone.. Nice time with friends...

[@SuziQ.]

I forgot about The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Wasn’t that about the horrible man (piano teacher) who wants to marry the mom, and there’s a giant piano that the boy has to play? Dr. Seuss wrote it.

[@rezzer7918]

Great comment the shows you cite.. I'm like yes yes right up to including twonky the walking 📺

[@cindydott452]

I saw "The Man in the White Suit" years ago. I loved it!

[@WagonLoads]

@@rezzer7918 Yes, you are correct. I keep saying the wrong name. It's called "The Twonky"... I would really want to see "5000 Fingers of Dr T" again... Make sure I am notified.... @SuziQ

[@danielpitti6030]

This movie looks like more a remake of Fritz Lang"s Frau Im Mond (1929), though based on an 1860s Jules Verne "s story. Verne himself criticized harshly Wells ' fanciful moon expedition for using "Cavorite" , aka, " magical " anti - gravity paint for the giant steel sphere , " Il Invent ", said the great Frenchman, because his giant cannon and bullet were made of already existing matterials, and using gunpowder ( in the original story, not this "X Power" in this movie). Let me tell you that i actually did enjoy both Moon expedition stories, but I will give you credit to Verne, because he practically "invented" modern Astronautics in such an early Era when people knew aerostatic balloons and steam - powered vehicles , and not merely writing just a fiction

[@bongobob6200]

Thx CCC 👍🇺🇸👍

[@rubiconklbrutorowman7577]

All that Planet of Apes, esp. Original Star Track got so many ideas, including Eon Musk, from this movie that was a way ahead time of scientific imagination thanks to imaginary writer(s)! Bless him!

[@alainfougeres9604]

Une vrais perle ..merci pour le partage…

[@billmiller2522]

Still to this day a great story, albeit with horrendously laughable VFX.

[@danielpitti6030]

Von Metz: And what you believe, mr. JULES VERNE? Jules Verne : In something more real than facts, mr. Von Metz; Imagination!

[@craig4867]

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Fantastic sci-fi movie! Starring Kirk Douglas

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

Yes=Excellent~!!!!!

[@theretiringbarber]

Great film .

[@grandlotus1]

Didn't know Jules Verne wrote about The Bomb.

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

Was so excited to see this as a kid.

[@ToddSloanIAAN]

I'm glad Morganan 6:15 brought up that... Selfish greed While others struggled against death.

[@sidthemyth]

this inspired so many things...! thanks for sharing!

[@disco0752]

I liked the couch and desk in the hull.

[@simonh6788]

Wood panelling on the walls was a nice touch!

[@tommissouri4871]

So they are just north of Dixon, Nebraska. 42° 30" N, 97° W. Back then, there was probably no one but Indians around there. I see this is designed like the Jupiter II, which was designed like the TARDIS, bigger on the inside than on the outside.

[@anthonyvalenti9093]

Wow, great NASA training film.

[@dentonfender6492]

Elon Musk's great great grandfather (Joseph Cotton) invented PowerX. I see where Musk got the X for his rocket projects. It all makes sense now!

[@davidlaney6153]

Interesting that Jules Verne picked up the rush for ever most explosive materials, this is when TNT was invented...

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Looks safer than strapping three men to the top of a Saturn 5 rocket.

[@williamnelson9332]

The original one was wild no talking ❤

[@rezzer7918]

Shhh!

[@user-bz5ul5ee7x]

Good film

[@Orieni]

It always entertained me that Verne did so many calculations to give his story verisimilitude and skipped that whole acceleration bit.

[@hhvictor2462]

If the intention of the girl was to hide in that spacesuit, leaving behind her things out in the open wasn't a good idea.

[@shootfirst2097]

22:07 "The disk-- it's gone!" Yeah, and SO is half the hillside, DA

[@telecritico]

Gracias

[@joelmoses2599]

I looks a lot like the Space-X star ship!

[@TestUser-cf4wj]

Aerodynamics. Go figure.

[@Loadrunner620]

I miss the films from the 1950's and 1960's compared to the crap we have on tv now.

[@chromozone7229]

POWER X = SPACE X ? :-)

[@zoli-mariuspadvai5613]

Trebuie să-l văd. Mulțumesc!

[@MichaelandCathy1999]

What an awesome ending!……..especially when the two of them are looking back at the moon on the way home to Earth, and she puts her hand & fingers OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW FRAME!!!

[@captainsensiblejr.]

I notice they use electronic musical effects from Forbidden Planet ( 1956). The "acceleration tubes" are an idea from Forbidden Planet and This Island Earth.

[@waynescott-lp5pm]

The cowboy in the insert picture is holding what looks like a Winchester design model 94 (late 1800's). The time setting is 1858.

[@altamiradorable]

How prophetic!!

[@johnrogan9420]

BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN SPACESHIP INTERIOR...BUT NO SPACESUITS EXCEPT FOR USE ON THE MOON.

[@richardrejmer8721]

5:27 . . Uh-Oh!. . The shadow of the boom mic can be seen for a few seconds, up near the candelabra (top right of frame) . Before someone realizes the mistake and moves it back to the left to be in shadow again.

[@jsl151850b]

*The Gyroscope and Acceleration Spinner are in the background of the* *Mexican Singing Cowboy/Sci-Fi movie 'Ship of Monsters'.*

[@glenjennett]

1868? There were no cars yet, no telephones, no atomic age, not even radio or television, but we found a way to go to the moon 100 years before we had rocket technology.

[@lancerevell5979]

And this is when they thought the planet Venus was a humid jungle world, filled with giant plants and animals. 😅

[@glenjennett]

@@lancerevell5979 Don't forget they also thought the moon was made of green cheese, which could be why they wanted to go to the moon in the first place.

[@darekradulski6213]

New versions of old movies are only visually better but they’re lucking a story behind it. Music in old movies is much better composed (if you will a musical special effects) . And the biggest plus they’re made without pornography,cursing,homosexuality,drugs,excessive violence etc.

[@creech444]

Interesting, you can hear a lot of the sound effects borrowed from Forbidden Planet. There's so many plot holes in this though. Like they make such a big deal about the need for those tubes so they won't get killed, yet the woman makes it ok without them. That one shot though they keep using with the rocket ship and the flames shooting down and back up, You can tell it was a prop, held up by a crane (hidden by the ship) but one shot clearly shows the crane on the side of the ship.

[@demej00]

Must be where Musk got his ideas for the starship tiles. Looks like the Starship. That gyro looks positively dangerous.

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

Very different from the book.

[@rayguile-rb6qi]

In order to completely escape Earth's gravity with one explosion would kill anyone or thing inside the projectile.

[@favesongslist]

I thought that was meant to be the reason for that spinning machine, how she survived ?

[@henrywill9952]

In Jules Vernes original novel he anticipated this and devised a method to defeat the sudden G-force effects of rapid and sudden acceleration. A series of water filled baffles inside the bottom of the projectile would collapse one at a time thusly spreading out the shock of the blast. Though technically useless and unfeasible, at least he made an attempt at addressing the issue with entertaining pseudo-science as was the case in many of his novels and short stories. He was a master of blending fact and fantasy into wonderfully compelling stories. Interestingly enough his writings and ideas also predicted a number of future inventions. Great author

[@favesongslist]

@@henrywill9952 Good comment,

[@ohasis8331]

Difficult to watch in 2024 but I don't doubt this would have made a great splash in 1958.

[@hhvictor2462]

we'll never know if the couple made it back to Earth.