Stowaway to the Moon (1975)
1h 40m
Running Time
January 10, 1975Release Date
Stowaway to the Moon (1975)
1h 40m
Running Time
January 10, 1975Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
E.J. Mackernutt, Jr., an 11-year-old boy who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, sneaks into Cape Kennedy and becomes a stowaway on a spaceship scheduled for a lunar landing. After he is discovered, NASA at first cancels the landing, but E.J. and the astronauts convince them to go forward with it. Problems arise when one of the astronauts is incapacitated by illness and the other two are stranded on the moon's surface, but E.J. is able to command the space capsule and save the day.
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Cast & Crew.
Lloyd Bridges
Charlie Englehardt
Jeremy Slate
Astronaut Capt. Rick Lawrence
Jim McMullan
Astronaut Ben Pelham
Morgan Paull
Astronaut Dave Anderson
Michael Link
Eli 'E.J.' Mackernutt, Jr.
John Carradine
Jacob Avril
Jack Callahan
Dr. Jack Smathers
James T. Callahan
Dr. Jack Smathers
Charles Conrad
Himself
Walter Brooke
Whitehead
Keene Curtis
Tom Estes
Edward Faulkner
Eli Mackernutt, Sr.
Jon Cedar
Hans Hartman
Barbara Faulkner
Mrs. Mary Mackernutt
Stephen Rogers
Joey Williams
Andrew V. McLaglen
Director
Jon Boothe
Writer
Patrick Williams
Original Music Composer
William R. Shelton
Novel
J.J. Jones
Director of Photography
Allen E. Smith
Art Direction
John F. Schreyer
Editor
John Cutts
Producer
Jack Baur
Casting
Jack Barry
Assistant Director
Maurie M. Suess
Unit Production Manager
Joe Zomar
Special Effects
Lionel Newman
Music Supervisor
Joe W. Schmitt
Technical Advisor
Carl Kugel
Associate Producer
Joseph Silver
Post Production Supervisor
Robert De Vestel
Set Decoration
Details.
Release DateJanuary 10, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
nasa
stowaway
moon landing
space shuttle
Wiki.
Stowaway to the Moon is a 1975 television film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Lloyd Bridges among others. The plot centers around a preteen boy who stows away on an Apollo mission to the Moon. The film also features Pete Conrad, the third person to walk on the Moon. The film was based on the 1973 novel of the same name, written by William Roy Shelton.
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