First Men in the Moon
“H.G. Wells' Astounding Adventure in Dynamation!”
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.
Genres
Adventure, Science Fiction
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How First Men in the Moon performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$1.6M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$191K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Arnold Bedford
Edward Judd
Arnold Bedford
Kate Callender
Martha Hyer
Kate Callender
Joseph Cavor
Lionel Jeffries
Joseph Cavor
Dymchurch Registrar
Miles Malleson
Dymchurch Registrar
Stuart
Norman Bird
Stuart
Nursing Home Matron
Gladys Henson
Nursing Home Matron
Richard Challis
Hugh McDermott
Richard Challis
Margaret Hoy
Betty McDowall
Margaret Hoy
Gibbs (uncredited)
Erik Chitty
Gibbs (uncredited)
Sparks (uncredited)
Douglas Ives
Sparks (uncredited)
Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Peter Finch
Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
Marne Maitland
Dr. Tok, UN Space Agency (uncredited)
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