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Stowaway to the Moon (1975) | Slate

Stowaway to the Moon

Poster

Rated 6.0 on TMDB

Stowaway to the Moon

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.

Released: 1975
Runtime: 1h 40m
Rated: NR
Genres: Family, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Andrew V. McLaglenDirector

Jon BootheWriter

Cast

Lloyd BridgesCharlie Englehardt
Jeremy SlateAstronaut Capt. Rick Lawrence
Jim McMullanAstronaut Ben Pelham

William R. SheltonNovel

Jack BarryAssistant Director

Where to watch

Unavailable

Morgan PaullAstronaut Dave Anderson

Michael LinkEli 'E.J.' Mackernutt, Jr.

John CarradineJacob Avril

Jack CallahanDr. Jack Smathers

Charles ConradHimself

Full cast and crew

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