"First Men in the Moon" is a 1964
Technicolor British
science fiction film directed by
Nathan Juran and starring
Edward Judd,
Martha Hyer and
Lionel Jeffries. It is an adaptation by the noted science-fiction scriptwriter
Nigel Kneale of
H. G. Wells' 1901 novel
The First Men in the Moon.
Ray Harryhausen provided
stop-motion effects, animated Selenites, giant
caterpillar-like "Moon
Cows", and a big-brained Prime Lunar.