Destination Moon (1950) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Irving Pichel.

Cast

• 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)
• Knox Manning as Himself (uncredited)
• Mike Miller as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
• Irving Pichel as Off Screen Narrator of Woody Woodpecker Cartoon (voice) (uncredited)
• Cosmo Sardo as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
• Grace Stafford as Woody Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
• Bert Stevens as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
• Ted Warde as Brown (uncredited)

Crew

• Irving Pichel — Director
• Alford Van Ronkel — Screenplay
• Robert A. Heinlein — Screenplay
• James O'Hanlon — Screenplay
• George Pal — Producer
• Leith Stevens — Original Music Composer
• Lionel Lindon — Director of Photography

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