 missile to the moon is an independently made 1958 american black-and-white science fiction film, produced by marc frederic, directed by richard e. cunha, starring richard travis, cathy downs, k.t. stevens, and leslie parrish. the film was distributed by astor pictures and is a remake of another astor pictures-distributed film, 1953's cat-women of the moon. 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 and 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 civilization made up of beautiful women."notes: missile to the moon (1958)." turner classic movies. retrieved: november 6, 2014. ==plot== two escaped convicts, gary (tommy cook) and lon (gary clarke), are discovered hiding aboard a rocket by scientist dirk green (michael whalen), who then forces them to pilot the spaceship to the moon. dirk, who is secretly a moon man, wants to return home. dick's partner, steve dayton (richard travis), accompanied by his fiancÃ© june (cathy downs), accidentally stowaway aboard just before the rocketship blast's off from earth. moon man dirk is later accidentally killed in a meteor storm during the lunar trip. once they land on the moon, the spaceship's reluctant crew encounter deception and intrigue when they discover an underground kingdom made up of beautiful women and their sinister female ruler, the lido (k. t. stevens). they also discover giant lunar spiders and mysterious surface-dwelling, slow-moving, bi-pedal rock creatures that try to kill them.jalufka, dona a., christian koeber, cesare barbieri and francesca rampazzi, eds. "moonstruck: how realistic is the moon depicted in classic science fiction films?" proceedings, earth-moon relationships (november 8â10, 2000). padova, italy: springer, 2001, pp. 190â191. isbn 0-7923-7089-9. ==cast==  * richard travis as steve dayton * cathy downs as june saxton  * [[k. t. stev
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