Boom in the Moon (1946)

Stars: Buster Keaton, Luis G. Garreiro
Director: Jaime Salvador
Runtime: 69 Minutes
Language: English dubbed
Color:  Black and White
Format:  DVD-R
Rating: NR

Price: $9.95

El Moderno Barba Azul
(1946)
a.k.a. Boom in the Moon

Directed by Jaime Salvador

Cast:
Buster Keaton
Luis G. Barreiro
Guillermo Bravo Sosa - Pedro Elviro
Ángel Garasa - Ramón G. Larrea
Jorge Mondragón - José Elías Moreno
Ignacio Peón - Óscar Pulido
Enriqueta Reza - Virginia Serret
Fernando Soto - José Torvay

In the final days of WWII, an earnest but somewhat dense sailor (played by Keaton) is lost at sea. Months later, he makes a landing, but, not realizing that the war is over and thinking that he is in Japan, he surrenders to Mexican police, who mistake him for a serial killer. Thrown in a jail cell with an American thug, he is to be hanged next morning, when suddenly a rocket scientist offers him and his cellmate a chance to avoid execution if they pilot an experimental atomic rocket to the Moon.

Once you get past the horrible dubbing of this film you can enjoy some wonderful moments with Keaton and some great sight gags.

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