12 to the Moon

12 to the Moon (1960)

Ride the Excitement Orbit to the Moon with the First Space Explorers!

Landed on the moon, Capt. John Anderson and his fellow astronauts quickly find their mission threatened – first by the disappearance of two team members, then by a troubling interaction with aliens who appear to be living within the moon itself. The aliens have weapons that could plunge parts of Earth into another ice age, and they're aiming for the United States.

Date of release
1960-02-03
TMDB
2.8 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Science Fiction, Adventure
Director
David Bradley

Casting

Interesting facts

12 to the Moon is a 1960 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced and written by Fred Gebhardt, directed by David Bradley, and starring Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, and Anna-Lisa. The film was distributed in the U.S. on June 10, 1960, by Columbia Pictures as a double feature with the Japanese film Battle in Outer Space (1959). In some areas it played with either 13 Ghosts (1960) or The Electronic Monster (1958).

Production

12 to the Moon was in production from April through June 1959 at Hollywood's California Studios. The actual filming took seven or eight days, and the entire film was budgeted at $150,000. Although the film was not released theatrically for another year, the American Film Institute notes that "According to an Oct 1959 HR [The Hollywood Reporter] news item, Columbia purchased the independent production in Aug 1959, intending to rush it into release…

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