Stowaway to the Moon (1975)

US:: NR Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie

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.

Updated May 30 2020

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1975-01-10

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Keywords:

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FACTS

Runtime: 100 mins Rating: 5.7

Cast

Lloyd Bridges

Charlie Englehardt

John Carradine

Jacob Avril

Keene Curtis

Tom Estes

Jim McMullan

Astronaut Ben Pelham

Morgan Paull

Astronaut Dave Anderson

Edward Faulkner

Eli Mackernutt, Sr.

Jeremy Slate

Astronaut Capt. Rick Lawrence

Walter Brooke

Whitehead