Moon Pilot

Moon Pilot
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Neilson
Written byMaurice Tombragel
Based onStarfire
by Robert Buckner
Produced byWalt Disney
Starring
CinematographyWilliam Snyder
Edited byCotton Warburton
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release date
  • April 5, 1962 (1962-04-05)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.5 million (US/Canada)[1][2]

Moon Pilot is a 1962 American Technicolor science fiction comedy film from Walt Disney Productions, released through Buena Vista Distribution, directed by James Neilson, and starring Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval, and Tommy Kirk.[3] The film is based on Robert Buckner's 1960 novel Starfire,[4] and reflects Disney's interest in America's space program during John F. Kennedy's presidential era in the early 1960s.

  1. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. 9 Jan 1963. p. 13. Please note these are rentals and not gross figures
  2. ^ Steinberg, Cobbett (1980). Film Facts. Facts on File. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Moon Pilot". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  4. ^ Buckner, Robert (1960). Starfire. New York City: Permabooks. ASIN B0007F15XE.

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