Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon is a 1967 British science fiction comedy film directed by Don Sharp and starring Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Fröbe and Terry-Thomas.

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
UK cinema poster
Directed byDon Sharp
Written byDave Freeman
Based onoriginal story by Harry Alan Towers (as "Peter Welbeck")
"inspired by the writings of Jules Verne
Produced byHarry Alan Towers
StarringBurl Ives
Terry-Thomas
Troy Donahue
Gert Fröbe
Hermione Gingold
Lionel Jeffries
Dennis Price
Narrated byMaurice Denham
CinematographyReginald H. Wyer
Edited byAnn Chegwidden
Music byJohn Scott
Production
company
Jules Verne Films
Distributed byAIP (US)
Warner-Pathé (UK)
Release date
  • 13 July 1967 (1967-07-13) (UK)
Running time
117 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million

It was released in the US as Those Fantastic Flying Fools, in order to capitalise on the success of Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines two years earlier. Director Don Sharp shot second unit on Magnificent Men.

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