A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.

John Archer
as Jim Barnes

Warner Anderson
as Dr. Charles Cargraves

Tom Powers
as General Thayer

Dick Wesson
as Joe Sweeney

Erin O'Brien-Moore
as Emily Cargraves

Steve Carruthers
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
as Factory Worker (uncredited)

Jack Gargan
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)

Everett Glass
as Mr. La Porte (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
Sierbahnn
Post-war science fiction like this is oddly optimistic. In this case, it is also foolhardingly patriotical, capitalistic, and extremely cynical. It's almost as if you're watching the film version of Jules Verne's work about traveling to the moon, considering how little time is spent actually working...