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.
Genre: Family, Science Fiction
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Jeremy Slate, Jim McMullan, Morgan Paull, Michael Link, John Carradine
Crew: Andrew V. McLaglen (Director), Jon Boothe (Writer), Patrick Williams (Original Music Composer), William R. Shelton (Novel), J.J. Jones (Director of Photography), Allen E. Smith (Art Direction)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: A MOR-Film Fare, Alan Neuman Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
Runtime: 100 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 10, 1975
IMDb: 5.2
