The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.
Cast
Edward Judd
Arnold Bedford
Martha Hyer
Kate Callender
Lionel Jeffries
Joseph Cavor
Miles Malleson
Dymchurch Registrar
Norman Bird
Stuart
Gladys Henson
Nursing Home Matron
Hugh McDermott
Richard Challis
Betty McDowall
Margaret Hoy
Erik Chitty
Gibbs (uncredited)
Douglas Ives
Sparks (uncredited)
Peter Finch
Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Marne Maitland
Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
Laurence Herder
Glushkov, UN Space Agency
Paul Carpenter
Reporter from the 'Express' (uncredited)
John Forbes-Robertson
First Reporter (uncredited)
Kenneth Watson
Second Reporter (uncredited)
Sean Kelly
Col. Rice, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)
Gordon Robinson
Sgt Andrew Martin, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)
John Murray Scott
Cosmonaut Nevsky, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)
Brook Williams
British Astronaut, Moon Landing Crew (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Constable (uncredited)
Mary Maxfield
Nurse (uncredited)
Huw Thomas
Announcer (uncredited)
Valentine Dyall
Narrator (uncredited)
Crew
Nathan Juran
Director
Jan Read
Screenplay
Nigel Kneale
Screenplay
Maurice Rootes
Editor
Wilkie Cooper
Director of Photography
George Pollard
Assistant Director
Charles H. Schneer
Producer
Harry Gillam
Camera Operator
Basil Mannin
Scenic Artist
Red Law
Sound Recordist
Buster Ambler
Sound Recordist
Brian Johnson
Special Effects Assistant
Ray Harryhausen
Visual Effects
Laurie Johnson
Original Music Composer
Arthur Garratt
Technical Advisor
Eileen Head
Continuity
Ted Wallis
Production Manager
Sam Suliman
Title Designer
H. G. Wells
Original Story
John Blezard
Art Direction
Kit West
Other
Les Bowie
Other
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