When his vindictive wife disappears, scientist Howard Duff is accused of putting her on a rocket and sending her into space. She's been complaining about being neglected since he's involved with a secret project so when the accusations are made, he feels he has to do whatever it takes to prove his innocence, and that's to go into space and bring the rocket back to prove that she is not on it. Isn't that a rather expensive resolution that would cost Great Britain millions of dollars? But what else is a man going to do to prove his innocence, especially when she's been carrying on an affair, accusing him of being involved with the wife of another scientist.
I've heard the phrase, "To the Moon, Alice!", but this film seems to take it literally even though it was just right before Jackie Gleason started reciting those famous lines on his hit sitcom. Cecile Chevreau is the epitome of the nasty wife, making her point clear in an aggressive confrontation with the at the very beginning of the film, and soon after disappearing without a trace. Eva Bartok is quite the antithesis as the scientist in love with Duff, while Philip Leaver is very over-the-top as a very dramatic professor of science. The science fiction takes a backseat to the soap opera elements of the story, with twists in the plot laughable. Still, it's better than a lot of other low budget science fiction films that I've seen, even though there are plenty of absurdities.
I've heard the phrase, "To the Moon, Alice!", but this film seems to take it literally even though it was just right before Jackie Gleason started reciting those famous lines on his hit sitcom. Cecile Chevreau is the epitome of the nasty wife, making her point clear in an aggressive confrontation with the at the very beginning of the film, and soon after disappearing without a trace. Eva Bartok is quite the antithesis as the scientist in love with Duff, while Philip Leaver is very over-the-top as a very dramatic professor of science. The science fiction takes a backseat to the soap opera elements of the story, with twists in the plot laughable. Still, it's better than a lot of other low budget science fiction films that I've seen, even though there are plenty of absurdities.