Stowaway to the Moon

Overview

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.

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen

Top cast

Lloyd Bridges

Charlie Englehardt

Jeremy Slate

Astronaut Capt. Rick Lawrence

Jim McMullan

Astronaut Ben Pelham

Morgan Paull

Astronaut Dave Anderson

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Michael Link

Eli 'E.J.' Mackernutt, Jr.

John Carradine

Jacob Avril

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Jack Callahan

Dr. Jack Smathers

Charles Conrad

Himself

Walter Brooke

Whitehead

Keene Curtis

Tom Estes

Edward Faulkner

Eli Mackernutt, Sr.

Jon Cedar

Hans Hartman

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Barbara Faulkner

Mrs. Mary Mackernutt

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Stephen Rogers

Joey Williams

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