The First Men in the Moon

The First Men in the Moon

5.6

Oct 19 2010

2h 30m

Science Fiction, TV Movie

Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its seemingly-barren surface.

Rory Kinnear

Rory Kinnear

Bedford

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss

Cavor

Alex Riddell

Alex Riddell

Jim

Reece Shearsmith

Reece Shearsmith

Moon

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