Stowaway to the Moon (1975)

  • NR
  • 01/10/1975 (US)
  • Family, Science Fiction
  • 1h 40m

Overview

E.J. Mackernutt, Jr., an 11-year-old boy who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, sneaks into Cape Kennedy and becomes a stowaway on a spaceship scheduled for a lunar landing. After he is discovered, NASA at first cancels the landing, but E.J. and the astronauts convince them to go forward with it. Problems arise when one of the astronauts is incapacitated by illness and the other two are stranded on the moon's surface, but E.J. is able to command the space capsule and save the day.

Jon Boothe

Writer

Andrew V. McLaglen

Director

William R. Shelton

Novel

Cast

Lloyd Bridges's headshot

Lloyd Bridges

Charlie Englehardt
Jeremy Slate's headshot

Jeremy Slate

Astronaut Capt. Rick Lawrence
Jim McMullan's headshot

Jim McMullan

Astronaut Ben Pelham
Morgan Paull's headshot

Morgan Paull

Astronaut Dave Anderson
Michael Link's headshot

Michael Link

Eli 'E.J.' Mackernutt, Jr.
John Carradine's headshot

John Carradine

Jacob Avril
Jack Callahan's headshot

Jack Callahan

Dr. Jack Smathers
Charles Conrad's headshot

Charles Conrad

Himself

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