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Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)

07/13/1967 Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy 1h 35m
55%
User
Score
5.3/10

Overview

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...

Don Sharp

Director

Harry Alan Towers

Story

Dave Freeman

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Burl Ives

Burl Ives

Phineas T. Barnum

Troy Donahue

Troy Donahue

Gaylord Sullivan

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

Professor Siegfried von Bulow

Hermione Gingold

Hermione Gingold

Angelica

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Sir Charles Dillworthy

Dennis Price

Dennis Price

The Duke of Barset

Daliah Lavi

Daliah Lavi

Madelaine

Stratford Johns

Stratford Johns

Warrant Officer

Graham Stark

Graham Stark

Bertram Grundle

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on February 26, 2023

I was rather disappointed with this comedy drama. Despite having a cast of solid and experienced British stalwarts as well as a few visitors from across the pond, it comes across as a sort of hybrid of "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956) and "Mouse on the Moon" (1963) with neither the charm nor the fun of either. It all starts as Queen Victoria manages to destroy the all-electric home of the "Duke of Barset" (Dennis Price) before inaugurating the suspension bridge of acclaimed engineer "Sir Charles Dillworthy" (Lionel Jeffries) right into the gorge it was supposed to span. Meantime, Phineas T. Barnum (Burl Ives) is having similar difficulties with his projects in the US of A, so he flees to Britain where he encounters these aforementioned two gentlemen and together they alight on a plan t...

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