First Men in the Moon (1964)
Ray Harryhausen's name should be enough to have fans clamouring to see this. But maybe hold off on that thought a little longer, as this is not the same type of story where mythical beasts or monsters reside. In fact, this is a rather loose adaptation of HG Wells' story, but with a few twists and tweaks. When a UN moonlanding happens (in fact, this film was made before the real moonlanding), they discover a British flag and a piece of paper. Flabbergasted, a search is begun to find out who could have possibly been there before this modern day landing. It turns out that everything leads back to a man called Arnold Bedford, who then recounts the story of how he got to the moon in 1899. See, Bedford is a bit of a douchebag. He is a fraud, a liar and a swindler. But he's charming, so naturally he has a beautiful fiancée who forgives him everything. They come into contact with eccentric inventor Cavor (a manically overjoyed Lionel Jeffries) who has invented Cavorite, a substan...
