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Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicanes arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholls daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.
Soon after the end of the American Civil War, arms manufacturer Victor Barbicane announces that he has produced a powerful new weapon. known as Power X. He asks Confederate supporter and steel manufacturer Stuyvesant Nicholl to make his best armor plate which Barbicane has no trouble destroying. After the President asks him not to pursue his new weapon, Barbicane decides on a new venture: a trip to the moon. He enlists Nicholl to invent a new covering for his rocket, one that will protect the ship when it reenters the Earths atmosphere on the return voyage. Unknown to Barbicane however is Nicholls hatred for the arms dealer and his intention to sabotage the journey.
Joseph Cotten
Victor Barbicane
George Sanders
Stuyvesant Nicholl
Debra Paget
Virginia Nicholl
Don Dubbins
Ben Sharpe
Patric Knowles
Josef Cartier
Carl Esmond
Jules Verne
Henry Daniell
Morgana
Melville Cooper
Bancroft
Ludwig Stössel
Aldo Von Metz
Morris Ankrum
President Ulysses S. Grant
Robert Clarke
Narrator
Les Tremayne
Countdown Announcer
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