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Directed by Doris Wishman.
Jeff (William Mayer) is a brilliant, dedicated young rocket scientist who wants to be the first man on the moon, so much so that when his uncle dies and leaves him three million dollars, he immediately begins planning his voyage. He enlists the Professor (Lester Brown) to help him build the homemade rocket ship that will take them both to the moon, though the older, wiser man thinks Jeff should be more interested in love and marriage. So does Cathy (Marietta), Jeff's lovelorn secretary, who stays late every night just to be near him. The two men take off for the moon, excited about their mission, but run into strange interference. A meteor shower rocks the capsule and both are knocked unconscious. When they awaken, they put on their space suits and venture outside into a strange, alien world. The vegetation is lush and green and fat gold nuggets are strewn through the grass like dandelions. There is also a race of moon people, who look just like people on earth, except for their antennae and the fact that everyone is nude from the waist up. The Queen of the Moon (Marietta again) permits the Earth men to continue with their scientific expedition, and they explore and document this idyllic world of nudist moon girls playing space ball. But the flora specimens and racy photographs aren't enough for Jeff when it's time to leave; he has fallen in love with the Queen of the Moon and refuses to return to the Earth. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide
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Along with the top-heavy Chesty Morgan pictures, Nude on the Moon is among the best-known features of cult director Doris Wishman's long, prolific career. One of eight nudist camp features that Wishman produced during the Kennedy years, it has ensured itself a camp following with its cockeyed vision of the lunar surface as a subtropical paradise (actually the Coral Castle in Homestead, FL). A cast of sweet, young topless girls with goofy antennae sprouting from their heads seals the deal. If not Wishman's best work, Nude on the Moon is certainly her most accessible, lacking the raw sexuality and crude violence of her later, more explicit films. Instead, the innocent vibe launders each bared bosom, leaving no hint of eros. The bargain-basement sci-fi effects, which are implied more than seen, are the perfect complement, and no one gets away without a ridiculous outfit. The film's first act drags as the two scientists drone on in their laboratory-spouting dialogue that reads as if copied word for word from some high-school science text. Once they take off (thanks to NASA stock footage), the action begins, and viewers witness the healthy lifestyle enjoyed by the curvaceous ladies and muscle-bound men of the moon. It's typical nudist camp territory, with volleyball, laughing children, and awkward posing in the sun, but those antennae make it a Doris Wishman film, with all of the fractured logic that her admirers have come to expect. Charming and bubble-headed, Nude on the Moon is a good-natured fantasy for bawdy kitsch lovers. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide
 



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