The First Men in the Moon

1h 30m
Science FictionTV Movie
5.8

Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.

Cast

Rory Kinnear
Bedford
Mark Gatiss
Cavor
Alex Riddell
Jim
Reece Shearsmith
Moon
Lee Ingleby
Chessocks
Peter Forbes
Dad
Steve Pemberton
Sun
Philip Jackson
Voice of Grand Lunar
Julia Deakin
Mrs Fitt
Katherine Jakeways
Mum
Ian Hallard
Voice of Phi-Oo
Richard Rosson
Selenite (uncredited)

Crew

Damon Thomas
Director
Mark Gatiss
Screenplay
H. G. Wells
Novel
Liana Del Giudice
Editor
Graham Frake
Director of Photography
Michael Price
Original Music Composer

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