Moon Zero Two
- James Olson: Bill Kemp
- Catherine Schell: Clementine Taplin
- Warren Mitchell: Hubbard
- Adrienne Corri: Liz Murphy
- Ori Levy: Karminski
- Bernard Bresslaw: Harry
- Dudley Foster: Whitsun
- Neil McCallum: Space Captain
- Carol Cleveland: Hostess
Bandits on the Moon ( original title: Moon Zero Two ) is a British science fiction film made in 1969 by Roy Ward Baker. The screenplay is based on a story by Gavin Lyall, Frank Hardman and Martin Davison.
Action
The moon is colonized in 2021. Bill Kemp and his partner Karminski land your spaceship on the space port of Moon City. Kemp met Clementine Taplin, a young woman who seeks her brother Wally. Wally has participated in a mine expedition to the side of the moon and is considered lost.
The police chief Liz Murphy shares with Kemp that he could not start again until his ship was repaired. Kemp meets the millionaire Hubbard know who makes him an offer. He wants to buy him a new spaceship. In return, Kemp should bring an asteroid made of sapphire surface of the moon for him. Kemp agrees and can create the asteroid belt to the moon. After the mission, he agrees to help Clementine. Both make to mine on the moon back. Discover Wally corpse and be attacked shortly afterwards by some men. The men work for Hubbard. Kemp and Clementine can escape to Moon City and inform the police chief of Hubbard's machinations.
Hubbard appears, kill Murphy, forcing Kemp to leave overthrow the sapphire asteroid in Wally's mine. Kemp and Karminski fly Hubbard and his men to the asteroid. Kemp brings Hubbard to be examined, the surface of the asteroid by his men. When the men are on the asteroid, Kemp and Karminski to crash it and kill as Hubbard and his people.
Reviews
" [ ... ] Overall, it is [ the film ] a pretty silly affair, despite some competent artwork and the special effects. "
" Naive - primitive fantasy product, undemanding in the special effects. "
Background
The film was in October 1969, three months after the actual moon landings, premiered. In Germany, he first appeared on January 23, 1970 in the cinemas. The budget of the Hammer production is estimated at about two million dollars. The title song was sung by Julie Tippett, who sang under her birth name Driscoll then. The visual effects were created by the later Oscar winner Les Bowie ( Superman ).