Missile to the Moon

Two escaped convicts, Gary (Tommy Cook) and Lon (Gary Clarke) are discovered hiding aboard a rocket by scientist Dirk Green (Michael Whalen) who forces them to pilot the spaceship to the Moon. Dirk's partner Steve Dayton (Richard Travis) and his fiancée June (Cathy Downs) are accidentally trapped aboard just before the rocketship blasts off from Earth. Dirk is later accidentally killed in a meteor storm during the lunar trip.