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Boom in the Moon is a mexicain film of genre Science fiction directed by Jaime Salvador released in USA on 2 august 1946 with Buster Keaton
Boom in the Moon (1946)
El moderno Barba Azul
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 august 1946
Length 1h30
Directed by Jaime Salvador
OriginMexique
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Rating47%
Boom in the Moon (Spanish: ''El Moderno Barba Azul'' or "The Modern-Day Bluebeard") is a 1946 Mexican science fiction comedy film directed by Jaime Salvador and starring Buster Keaton. The film is notable both as Keaton's only Mexican production and as the last time Keaton had star billing in a feature film.
Synopsis
Keaton plays an American soldier during World War II who escapes from an airplane crash over the Pacific Ocean. He is adrift for a long period and his face becomes covered in a scraggly beard. He arrives on a beach, believing he has landed in Japan, but he is actually in Mexico. He wanders into a fishing village and is promptly arrested under the mistaken belief that he is a wanted serial killer who marries and murders women (also known as a "bluebeard"). Keaton and another prisoner (Angel Garasa) are put in the custody of an aeronautics scientist who is planning to launch a manned rocket into outer space. The two prisoners, along with the scientist's assistant (Virginia Seret) are blasted into space, but their craft lands in an isolated portion of Mexico instead. They mistake a beekeeper wearing protective headgear as an alien, while the beekeeper believes the trio (who are wearing wizard robes) are aliens. The prisoners and the scientist's assistant are apprehended by the local police, and the matter is quickly settled. Keaton and his cellmate receive pardons and are free to go on their way.Actors
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