Stowaway to the Moon (1975)
1975-01-10
United States of America
100 Min.
PG-13
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.
Cast
Charlie Englehardt
Astronaut Capt. Rick Lawrence
Astronaut Ben Pelham
Astronaut Dave Anderson
Eli 'E.J.' Mackernutt, Jr.
Jacob Avril
Dr. Jack Smathers
Himself
Whitehead
Tom Estes
Eli Mackernutt, Sr.
Hans Hartman