--- title: 'First Men in the Moon (1964)' type: 'film' director: 'Ray Harryhausen' released: '1964-01-01' runtime_minutes: 103 genres: - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/first-men-in-the-moon-1964' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058100/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # First Men in the Moon (1964) 1964 · 103 min · Science Fiction · United Kingdom ## Synopsis First Men in the Moon is a 1964 British science fiction film produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Nathan Juran, and starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer and Lionel Jeffries. The film, distributed by Columbia Pictures, is an adaptation by screenwriter Nigel Kneale of H. G. Wells' 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon. Ray Harryhausen provided the stop-motion animation effects, which include the Selenites, giant caterpillar-like "Moon Cows" and the large-brained Grand Lunar. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ray Harryhausen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-harryhausen), [Nathan Juran](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathan-juran) - **Screenplay:** [H. G. Wells](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-g-wells), [Nigel Kneale](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-kneale) - **Original Music Composer:** [Laurie Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurie-johnson) - **Producer:** [Charles H. Schneer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-h-schneer) - **Director of Photography:** [Wilkie Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilkie-cooper) - **Editor:** [Maurice Rootes](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-rootes) ## Cast - [Marne Maitland](https://cinepixo.com/people/marne-maitland) - [Miles Malleson](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-malleson) - [Martha Hyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-hyer) - [Norman Bird](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-bird) - [Peter Finch](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-finch) - [Edward Judd](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-judd) - [Lionel Jeffries](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-jeffries) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/first-men-in-the-moon-1964 Film facts: Wikidata (Q508336); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.