Missile to the Moon (1958) initial review

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+movie: Missile to the Moon (1958)
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+:: Title
+Missile to the Moon
+
+:: Description
+A spaceship blasts off from Earth with five aboard, but one of them is secretly a Moon man returning home. He dies by accident during the trip to Luna. What the remaining four find waiting for them when they arrive on the Moon is well beyond their expectations: huge rock creatures, giant lunar spiders, and a cave-dwelling civilization made up of beautiful women.
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+:: Date
+1958-12-15
+
+:: References
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_to_the_Moon
+
+:: Ratings
+2 <paul>,
+
+:: Genre
+sci-fi
+
+:: Major Themes
+Moon people [A spaceship blasts off from Earth with five aboard, but one of them is secretly a Moon man returning home.],
+interplanetary space travel [Dirk Green is secretly a Moon man and builds a rocket ship and compels two escaped convicts to fly it with him to the Moon.],
+fiancée and fiancée [Steve Dayton and June Saxton.],
+romantic love [Steve Dayton and June Saxton.],
+man vs. captivity [The lunar landing party members were held captive by the Moon women.],
+fatmospheric dissipation [The Moon women's civilization was on the verge of collapsing because the the oxygen levels in the cves they inhabited was diminishing to critically low levels and they had to find a new planet to live on.],
+
+:: Minor Themes
+spacecraft [A spaceship blasts off from Earth with five aboard, but one of them is secretly a Moon man returning home.],
+facing organized pursuit [Escaped convicts Gary and Lon hid aboard Dirk Green's rocket ship and ended up being compelled to fly it to the Moon.],
+silicon-based life form [The landing party encountered rock monsters on the surface of the Moon.],
+man vs. beast [The lunar landing party was attacked by a giant Moon spider while trying to escape from the Moon women.],
+unrequited love [Alpha wanted Steve Dayton to be her husband but he was happily engaged to June Saxton.],
+love triangle [Alpha wanted Steve Dayton to be her husband but he was happily engaged to June Saxton.],
+coping with a disability [Lido had gone blind.],
+
+:: Settings
+lunar regolith, cavern,
+
+:: Other Keywords
+rocket ship, rock monster, giant spider,
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+
 movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
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