The year is 2021 and the moon is being colonised, attracting a diverse collection of strange characters, including the villainous J.J. Hubbard and satellite salvage operator Bill Kemp. When Hubbard hears of an asteroid made of pure sapphire which will shortly be at its closest point to the moon, he hires Kemp to ‘capture’ it and bring it down on the dark side…..
Production Details
A Hammer Film production released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Warner-Seven Arts (USA) Copyright MCMLXIX Hammer Film Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional.
RCA Sound System
Made at The Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Ltd, Hertfordshire
Technicolor 100 mins
Filming Began: 13th March 1968
UK Release: 13th October 1969
Studio:
Elstree Studios of Associated British Picture Corporation, Hertfordshire
End Credit:- “With the permission of John Waddington Limited, the game Moonopoly is based upon the property trading game marketed by them under their registered trade name, “Monopoly”
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Animator | Jack Stokes | 49 | 2 Apr 1920 | 20 Mar 2013 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
Art Director | Scott MacGregor | 55 | 22 Oct 1914 | 1 Jan 1971 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
Assistant | Colin Chilvers | 24 | 01 Jan 1945 | 01.01.1945 | 79 | 1 | 1 | ||
Assistant | Peter Dawson | 34 | 01 Mar 1935 | 01.03.1935 | 89 | 1 | 1 | ||
Assistant Art Director | John Lageu | 35 | 1 Jan 1934 | 1 Jan 1995 | 61 | 1 | 1 | ||
Assistant Director | Jack Martin | 70 | 15 Mar 1899 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Camera Operator | John Winbolt | 46 | 14 Dec 1922 | 8 Jan 1992 | 69 | 2 | 2 | ||
Casting | Susan Whatmough | 25 | 01 Jun 1944 | 01.06.1944 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
Clapper Loader | Mike Brewster | 22 | 21 Mar 1947 | 21.03.1947 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
Construction Manager | Arthur Banks | 18 | 29 | 47 | |||||
Continuity | Josie Fulford | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Costume Designer | Carl Toms | 42 | 29 May 1927 | 4 Aug 1999 | 72 | 7 | 7 | ||
Director | Roy Ward Baker | 52 | 19 Dec 1916 | 5 Oct 2010 | 93 | 8 | 8 | ||
Director of Photography | Paul Beeson BSc | 47 | 16 Nov 1921 | 19 Jul 2001 | 79 | 3 | 3 | ||
Dubbing Editor | Len Abbott | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
Editor | Spencer Reeve | 45 | 10 Dec 1923 | 15 Dec 1975 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
Green Killer | Bill Weston | 28 | 29 May 1941 | 25 Mar 2012 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Hairdresser | Ivy Emmerton | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Make-up | Ernest Taylor | 56 | 31 Jan 1913 | 1 Apr 1987 | 74 | 8 | 8 | ||
Model Maker | Andrew Kelly | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Music | Don Ellis | 35 | 25 Jul 1934 | 17 Dec 1978 | 44 | 1 | 1 | ||
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 62 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Original Story | Frank Hardman | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Original Story | Gavin Lyall | 37 | 9 May 1932 | 18 Jan 2003 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
Original Story | Martin Davison | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Producer | Michael Carreras | 41 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 82 | 5 | 87 | |
Production Manager | Hugh Harlow | 30 | 17 Jun 1939 | 17.06.1939 | 85 | 3 | 28 | 31 | |
Recording Supervisor | A.W. Lumkin | 56 | 1 Feb 1913 | 25 Oct 1985 | 72 | 30 | 30 | ||
Screenplay | Michael Carreras | 41 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 82 | 5 | 87 | |
Sound Editor | Roy Hyde | 49 | 15 Feb 1920 | 28 Jun 1985 | 65 | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
Sound Mixer | Claude Hitchcock | 50 | 8 Nov 1918 | 4 Oct 2010 | 91 | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
Special Effects | Pat Moore | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Special Effects | Les Bowie | 55 | 10 Nov 1913 | 27 Jan 1979 | 65 | 32 | 11 | 43 | |
Special Effects Assistant | Brian Johnson | 30 | 29 Jun 1939 | 29.06.1939 | 84 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
Special Effects Assistant | Mike Tilley | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Special Effects Assistant | Neil Swan | 2009 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Special Effects Assistant | Terry Schubert | 31 | 01 Jan 1938 | 01.01.1938 | 86 | 6 | 6 | ||
Special Effects Assistant | Wally Veevers | 52 | 1 Apr 1917 | 14 Feb 1983 | 65 | 1 | 1 | ||
Special Effects Photography | Kit West | 33 | 2 Jun 1936 | 16 Apr 2016 | 79 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
Special Effects Photography | Nick Allder | 26 | 23 Feb 1943 | 23.02.1943 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Stunt Advisor | Bill Weston | 28 | 29 May 1941 | 25 Mar 2012 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Title song sung | Julie Driscoll | 22 | 8 Jun 1947 | 8.06.1947 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Wardrobe | Larry Stewart | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
2nd Officer | Thomas Kempinski | 31 | 24 Mar 1938 | 2 Aug 2023 | 85 | 2 | 2 | ||
Barman | Sam Kydd | 54 | 15 Feb 1915 | 26 Mar 1982 | 67 | 7 | 7 | ||
Bill Kemp | James Olson | 39 | 8 Oct 1930 | 17 Apr 2022 | 91 | 2 | 2 | ||
Boutique Attendant | Chrissie Shrimpton | 24 | 15 Jul 1945 | 15.07.1945 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
Clementine Taplin | Catherina Von Schell | 25 | 17 Jul 1944 | 17.07.1944 | 79 | 1 | 1 | ||
Female Hotel Clerk | Claire Shenstone | 21 | 01 Jan 1948 | 01.01.1948 | 76 | 1 | 1 | ||
First Card Player | Michael Ripper | 56 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 36 | |
Harry | Bernard Bresslaw | 35 | 25 Feb 1934 | 11 Jun 1993 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Hilton Bar Dancing Girl (as The Gojos) | Brenda Krippen | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Hilton Bar Dancing Girl (as The Gojos) | Irene Gorst | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Hilton Bar Dancing Girl (as The Gojos) | Jane Cunningham | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Hilton Bar Dancing Girl (as The Gojos) | Michelle Barry | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Hilton Bar Dancing Girl (as The Gojos) | Sally Graham | 22 | 01 Jan 1947 | 01.01.1947 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Hilton Bar Dancing Girl (as The Gojos) | Sue Baumann | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Hostess | Carol Cleveland | 27 | 13 Jan 1942 | 13.01.1942 | 82 | 2 | 2 | ||
Hotel Employee | Robert Lee | 56 | 1 Jan 1913 | 1 Dec 1986 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Hubbard's Girlfriend | Amber Dean-Smith | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Hubbard's Girlfriend | Simone Silvera | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Immigration Officer | Lew Luton | 36 | 22 Jun 1933 | 1 Mar 2018 | 84 | 1 | 1 | ||
J.J. Hubbard | Warren Mitchell | 43 | 14 Jan 1926 | 14 Nov 2015 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Junior Customs Officer | Keith Bonnard | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Karminski | Ori Levy | 37 | 30 Oct 1931 | 30.10.1931 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
Little Man | Freddie Earlle | 45 | 24 May 1924 | 7 Jul 2007 | 83 | 1 | 1 | ||
Liz Murphy | Adrienne Corri | 37 | 13 Nov 1931 | 13 Mar 2016 | 84 | 4 | 4 | ||
Mercer | Athol Coats | 51 | 1 Jan 1918 | 1 Jan 1975 | 57 | 1 | 1 | ||
Red Killer | Martin Grace | 27 | 12 Sep 1942 | 27 Jan 2010 | 67 | 1 | 1 | ||
Second Card Player | Robert Tayman | 27 | 6 Jun 1942 | 1 Dec 2022 | 80 | 2 | 2 | ||
Senior Customs Officer | Leo Britt | 61 | 27 Mar 1908 | 1 Jan 1979 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
Smith | Joby Blanshard | 49 | 7 Nov 1919 | 26 Nov 1992 | 73 | 2 | 2 | ||
Space Captain | Neil McCallum | 40 | 20 May 1929 | 26 Apr 1976 | 46 | 2 | 2 | ||
Whitsun | Dudley Foster | 45 | 7 Aug 1924 | 8 Jan 1973 | 48 | 2 | 2 | ||
Workman | Roy Evans | 39 | 10 Jan 1930 | 10.01.1930 | 94 | 3 | 3 | ||
Yellow Killer | Tim Condron | 43 | 22 Oct 1926 | 19 Jul 2006 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Footnotes
Moon Zero Two was the only Hammer film set in the future.
Billed as the first ‘space western’ and following hot on the heels of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), this film was an instant box-office flop. It also contains what must be a strong contender for the worst title song of all time.
James Olson also starred in Hammer’s Crescendo (1969).
Character actor Warren Mitchell has his biggest role for Hammer here, having appeared in Hell is a City (1959) and The Curse of the Werewolf (1961). His best-loved work is of course as loud-mouthed bigot Alf Garnett in Johnny Speight’s BBC TV comedy series Till Death Us Do Part and In Sickness and Health.
Catherina Von Schell (or, if you prefer, Catherine Schell) also appeared in the later Gerry Anderson series Space 1999, which bears a remarkable resemblance to this production. Her other films include the James Bond movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) and The Return of the Pink Panther (1975).
Robert Tayman, who has a small part in this film, also appeared in Hammer’s Vampire Circus (1971), playing the vampire Count Mitterhaus.