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->"''Missile to the Moon'' is best remembered for the Most Outstanding Performance...by a slab of granite."
-->-- '''Creator/JohnCandy''', ''Film/ItCameFromHollywood''

''Missile to the Moon'' is a 1959 American {{science fiction film|s}} directed by Richard E. Cunha, and starring Richard Travis, Cathy Downs and Creator/KTStevens. It is a {{remake}} of Jack Rabin and Al Zimbalist's 1953 film ''Film/CatWomenOfTheMoon''.

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!!''Tropes to the Moon'':
* AlienAmongUs: Dirk Green was sent to Earth to evaluate its suitability as a new home. His obsession with building the rocket is so he can return and bring his people here (the spaceship having brought him was destroyed).
* AlternateDVDCommentary: Podcast/RiffTrax provides ''two'', one by the regular trio (Mike, Kevin and Bill), and another by Mike and guest Creator/FredWillard.
* ArrangedMarriage: Dirk has already been promised to Alpha. This [[GreenEyedMonster causes problems]] when Steve pretends to be him.
* ArtificialGravity: 'Gravitational shoes' are mentioned, though strangely not until they're on the Moon.
* BeehiveHairdo: Current fashion for all Moon Girls.
* BeingWatched: Gary has this feeling while he's in the cave, right before [[NeverSplitTheParty he decides to wander off on his own]]. There's a scream from Gary and then the cave is flooded with KnockoutGas.
* BigElectricSwitch: Large levers are used to land the rocketship and release the DeadlyGas.
* BlatantLies
-->'''Alpha:''' The Lido has met with...[[InTheBack an unfortunate accident]]. But before her death, [[KlingonPromotion she appointed me as the new Lido]].
* BrainlessBeauty: Gary unwittingly presents the {{Aesop}} of this movie and the [[Film/CatWomenOfTheMoon original]].
-->'''Gary:''' Don't think, honey. Just be beautiful.
* BronsonCanyonAndCaves: Did you know that the moon is in Griffith Park?
* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Blue-Skinned Space Babes]]: The Moon women (at least in the colorized version). Why Dirk had human-normal coloration is never explained.
* CatFight: June versus Alpha.
* ContinuousDecompression: Rather than release the DeadlyGas that will kill the Earthman she's fallen for, Zema throws a grenade that [[NoOSHACompliance blows out the window of the throne room]], killing everyone as there are [[FailsafeFailure no doors to seal off each section]].
* DramaticSlip: Lon trips on the sand, as it's the only way the slow-moving rock creatures could possibly get close enough to menace anyone.
-->'''[=RiffTrax=]:''' I think you'd have a better chance of being overtaken by an actual rock.
* DullSurprise: All the actors at one time or another, but Cathy Downs' (June) tone of voice never matches whatever dramatic events are happening on screen. No wonder her [[StockScream screams are all dubbed]].
* EvilArmy: The military seeks to take over Dirk's research, as missile work is their sole prerogative. Apparently they're unaware of the existence of the military-industrial complex.
* ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation
-->"The signals from the missile are flashing!"
* {{Fanservice Extra}}s: 'International Beauty Contest Winners' -- ranging from Miss Florida to Miss Yugoslavia -- play the Moon Girls.
* FedToTheBeast: Our heroes are fed to the [[GiantSpider Dark Creature]].
* GoodGunsBadGuns: MadScientist Dirk removes a German Luger from the desk, while Steve takes out a good 'ole American Colt automatic.
* GotVolunteered: Dirk ropes in escaped convicts Lon and Gary as a scratch crew to help him go to the Moon. Good thing piloting the ship only consists of pulling big levers at his command!
* GreenEyedMonster: Their lives depend on the Moon people thinking Steve is Dirk, [[IdioticPartnerConfession so naturally June blurts out the truth]] when she sees Alpha smooching Steve.
* HesDeadJim: Dirk calls out for his Lido to forgive him, then closes his eyes. Steve declares him death without making any effort to check his vital signs.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Alpha somehow manages to impale herself on her own knife.
* HollywoodTorches: Our first sign of civilisation on the Moon. Why they'd use such things on a world rapidly running out of oxygen is not mentioned.
* ImmuneToBullets: The rock creatures naturally, being made of rock and all.
-->'''Steve:''' There's no sense in panicking. We've got weapons and plenty of ammunition.
-->'''Gary:''' ''A lot of good it did again those things out there!''
* IResembleThatRemark
-->'''Gary:''' The papers, what would they know? They said I stole three cars.\\
'''Lon:''' So?\\
'''Gary:''' It was five cars!
* {{Lunarians}}: What strange beings inhabit our nearest planetary body? [[HumanAliens Hot babes!]]
* MadScientist: Dirk Green acts like one, though it turns out [[AlienAmongUs he's got a reason to be obsessed with going to the Moon]].
* MindControl: This time, a man is on the receiving end, with Steve Dayton being hypnotised by the evil Alpha.
* OminousWalk: The rock creatures. One wonders how they avoid starving to death.
-->'''June:''' Oh Steve, we've got to stop it!\\
'''[=RiffTrax=]:''' If not we'll be forced to walk away slowly without the slightest trace of urgency, laughing the whole time!
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Stepping into the direct light of the sun is enough to make Gary turn into a [[SpecialEffectsFailure burning dummy, and then a plastic skeleton]].
* SpectacularSpinning: The meteorites that bombard the rocket spin rapidly like they're suspended on string (which they undoubtedly are).
* RapeAsDrama: Gary makes an attempt to grope June, leading to GoodOldFisticuffs with Dirk. He is EasilyForgiven once the obligatory meteor shower flies at them.
* SpaceSuitsAreSCUBAGear: The spacesuits are air force jumpsuits, helmets and oxygen cylinders.
* TheStarscream: Whichever woman has the strongest mind power becomes the Lido. When Alpha fails a contest of minds, she thinks "Stuff it" and [[BoringButPractical stabs the current Lido]] InTheBack.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: The control circuits for the electric fence are ''outside'' the fence, protected by a small easily-picked padlock. The rocket is right next to the fence, too.
* TripToTheMoonPlot: It's right there in the title.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Alpha removes a dagger from her ample cleavage.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: This time, it's diamonds that are common, and it's no surprise that Gary suffers DeathByMaterialism by refusing to drop the two bags of uncut diamonds that are slowing him down.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Alpha's exact words to The Lido [[TheStarscream before she kills her]].
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