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This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

After the United States builds a space station in outer space to protect itself against hostile missiles, America's enemies make it a high priority to get one of their agents on board the station in an attempt to destroy it. They soon come up with a plan to replace an esteemed scientist named "Dr. Wernher" (Larry Johns) with an exact duplicate and give him orders to hasten the station's destruction immediately. On a separate note, due to political considerations, an ambitious female pilot by the name of "Colonel Briteis" (Donna Martell) is given a high priority assignment of flying a rocket ship to the dark side of the moon which creates a great deal of animosity between her and the original pilot named "Major Bill Moore" (Ross Ford). To further add to the tension, Dr. Wernher's duplicate is also on board the same flight and seems to have developed an unusual interest in the rocket's navigation. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this campy sci-fi film probably won't rate too highly with modern viewers today based in large part to the lack of action and CGI. Additionally, the plot was predictable and the acting clearly second rate. Having said all of that, however, while it certainly won't measure up to today's standards, the special effects weren't all that bad considering the era in which this film was produced. Of course, the fact that this was one of the movies I used to enjoy as a kid also has some bearing on my feelings as well. Yet, as generous as I would like to be, I honestly cannot ignore the obvious flaws mentioned earlier and for that reason I have rated this film accordingly. Slightly below average.

Robert A. Heinlein certainly wrote some great science fiction tales in his life, but I wasn't surprised to find out that he didn't like this science fiction movie that he helped script. In fairness, most of the blame doesn't fall on his shoulders. For starters, the movie simply didn't have an adequate budget for the most part. While there are a few neat low budget effects here and there, a real feeling of cheapness can be felt from start to end. And under the direction of Richard Talmadge, the movie suffers from not only a really slow pace (despite the running time being only a little over an hour), but from missing feelings of awe, wonder, and plain old excitement that you'd expect from a movie concerning explorers of the moon. The movie is slightly more scientifically accurate about space exploration and travel than a number of other science fiction films from this same time period, but the movie is so dull I would have welcomed a tribe of moon women appearing just to have some unintended humor to liven things up.

Failed TV show becomes a wildly uneven feature film about a space station and misdirected space shot becoming the first moonbase. Weird mix of comedy, drama and science fiction with more than a dash of (unnamed) anti-communist propaganda doesn't seem sure what it wants to be. Worse you don't know whether you're supposed to laugh at or with the film. The mere fact that this was an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 in its early days gives you an idea about how odd the film is. Its regrettably not very good and there's a good chance you'll end up turning the film off before the ending. Robert Heinlein was unhappy with the finished product because the TV show he worked on was changed against his wishes. Looking at the film and guessing what he actually had a hand in, I'm pretty sure that the evil "red" plot is his, I think that the film would still be quite silly- especially in retrospect. For bad film lovers or Heinlein completeists only.

Even by the standards of classically cheesy 50s cold war sci-fi propaganda movies; this one totally takes the cake for being the worst of the bunch.The portrayal of the bad guys is both bland and hammy at the same time (which is a remarkable feat in itself). The models look like cheap constructor-kit toys. And don't let me get started on the MARRIAGE scene. I seriously wanted to hurl at that bit.And the final proof of badness? Hayden TRoarke looked more credible playing the psychiatrist in I DREAM OF JEANNIE (a sitcom) than he did playing this serious drama story! Nuff said.