On the Moon in the year 2021, a former-astronaut-turned-salvager helps a millionaire space industrialist capture a 6000-ton sapphire asteroid, while also assisting a woman in finding her missing miner/prospector brother
Production
Glorious practical moonbase sets built at Shepperton Studios.
Costume
Fabulous space miniskirts and cowboy hats in zero-G.
Cinematography
Hammer's widescreen lunar landscapes still impress.
Director
Roy Ward Baker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hammer Films made this as their second sci-fi after 'Quatermass and the Pit,' hoping to cash in on the space race.
Released four months after the actual moon landing, making its 2021 predictions hilariously immediate.
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