Jules Verne's Rocket To The Moon (1967)

Contestants from all over the world compete in a competition to be the first scientist to construct and launch a rocket to the moon . Phineas T. Barnum, the great American showman, comes to England to escape his creditors. Always on the look-out for an opportunity to make money, he enters the competition in an ambitious attempt to launch a rocket to the moon with the aid of a powerful, new explosive. Money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts.

Based on an original work by the great pre-science fiction author Jules Verne, Rocket To The Moon is a British comedy starring Oscar© winner Burl Ives (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Big Country) and Phineas T. Barnum