A planned orbit of the moon is highjacked by a foreign saboteur which forces the first moon landing (in 1970) and an Adam and Eve scenario for the establishing of the first moon base. From a screen play by sci-fi great Robert Heinlein, it strives for scientific realism (including the effect of g-force) and some of the set designs and models of spaceships are quite well rendered.
Donna Martel plays the leader of the expedition, Commander Briteis (pronounced 'bright eyes'), but in that weird way 1950s science fiction works, the apparent progressiveness (there is also a woman POTUS), is soon pushed back into sexist stereotypes that restore the patriarchal balance of the world.
For no reason that makes any sense whatsoever, this movie was rereleased under the title Cat-woman of the Moon. Nothing even remotely suggests the appropriateness of that title, though some of the same costumes and sets were used in Cat-women of the Moon released the same year. An odd little film, it tries bravely to transcend its obvious budgetary limitations with limited success.
Donna Martel plays the leader of the expedition, Commander Briteis (pronounced 'bright eyes'), but in that weird way 1950s science fiction works, the apparent progressiveness (there is also a woman POTUS), is soon pushed back into sexist stereotypes that restore the patriarchal balance of the world.
For no reason that makes any sense whatsoever, this movie was rereleased under the title Cat-woman of the Moon. Nothing even remotely suggests the appropriateness of that title, though some of the same costumes and sets were used in Cat-women of the Moon released the same year. An odd little film, it tries bravely to transcend its obvious budgetary limitations with limited success.