Directed by:
William Cameron MenziesScreenplay:
H.G. WellsComposer:
Arthur BlissCast:
Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke, Derrick De Marney, Ann Todd, Patricia Hilliard, Terry-Thomas, George Sanders (more)VOD (2)
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Society in 2036 has devolved into a leisure-saturated body of mass consumers. Important decisions are relegated to an elite few. World wars have left parts of the globe in ashes; localized conflicts continue as a way of life. Social and medical epidemics rage. The comfortable bourgeoisie dwells like moles, living below sea level. Its members rest on cellophane sofas, inhale filtered oxygen, ingest preserved food, and entertain themselves by synthetic light. While the intelligentsia obliterates the sick to create a utopia for the earthlings who remain, others plan a mysterious trip to the moon, purportedly for humanity to reach the next rung on its evolutionary ladder. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Raymond Massey
Canada
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
East of Eden (1955)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Edward Chapman
UK
Best movies:
Mandy (1952)
The Early Bird (1965)
Night and the City (1950)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Cedric Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Rope (1948)
Richard III (1955)
Derrick De Marney
UK
Best movies:
Young and Innocent (1937)
The First of the Few (1942)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Ann Todd
UK
Best movies:
Taste of Fear (1961)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Patricia Hilliard
India
Best movies:
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Things to Come (1936)
George Sanders
Russian Empire
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Love Is News (1937)
Rebecca (1940)
Abraham Sofaer
Burma
Best movies:
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Chisum (1970)
Patrick Barr
India
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
The Dam Busters (1955)
John Clements
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
The Four Feathers (1939)
Margaretta Scott
UK
Best movies:
The Moth (1997) (TV movie)
Things to Come (1936)
Percy (1971)
Allan Jeayes
UK
Best movies:
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
The Four Feathers (1939)
Elephant Boy (1937)
Charles Carson
UK
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Reach for the Sky (1956)