This must be be one of the most wickedly funny films ever made - and I have to hand it to the Yanks because I really don't think any other country could come up with anything more ridiculously sublime - only in the land of the free and the home of the brave could an elderly randy scientist inherit enough cash from a deceased relative to mount his own personal moon landing project - and be accompanied of course by his equally randy but impoverished protégé. What follows is delightfully preposterous yet totally inevitable: a range of fairly well endowed women wearing bikini briefs and nothing else, who, when presented with a chocolate bar eat the wrapper and discard the chocolate. As another commentator has observed (I paraphrase ) if this is pornography it is pornography for all the family - totally inoffensive; and yes, if you are really hard up, possibly a bit of WM if you can cast your mind back to what was available in 1961.

First, there are no nudes in the film exactly. In the day, it was likely considered a porno film but all you get to see are some topless men and women. Second, it's not NUDE but, perhaps, nudes, as there are about a dozen of these scantily clad men and women. As for the movie, it's about what you'd expect for an old fashioned porno film--a bit of skin, little in the way of plot or production values and a really silly film. In other words, it's less titillating and more laugh-inducing.The film is about a couple amateur rocket scientists who decide to beat NASA to the moon. You mostly see a lot of bad acting, dull plot and stock footage in the first half and then a lot of topless ladies from then on...and all of it is handled clumsily. In fact, the actors don't even talk--their voices are just pasted onto the film and the lips don't even seem in sync at all! The only reasons to see this are to either have a good laugh or see one of the only films ever made at the weird Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida.

*Spoiler/plot- 1961, Nude on the Moon, When the NASA moon missions first landed August 1969 on the moon, they only found a dead rock. They should have gotten there back in the swinging' 1960s, when Doris Wishman, the film's director, did. The moon was filled with delightful nudists enjoying themselves! The amazing moon-ladies are just like earth-women, except for their extraordinary telepathic powers and cute head antennae, and their penchant for nudist life.*Special Stars- Marietta as the moon goddess. Doris Wishman directed this special kind of film genre of the time.*Theme- Moon people are not inhibited. Earth people are.*Based on- South Sea Island travelogues.*Trivia/location/goofs- The film was made at the tourist stop, Coral Castle in Florida. The USA astronauts moon suits are hilarious. They are made of studded canvas, ant sprayer bottles and toy helmets. Doris Wishman directed five films to advertise the benefits of being a 60's nudist. Interesting to see what was the normal nude body type in the society then, heavy than todays plastic surgery soaked society. When Dr. Huntley and the Professor are driving to the launch site, they pass the Variety Theater, which is showing Hideout in the Sun (1960). That film, which was Doris Wishman's first movie (Nude on the Moon was her second).*Emotion- Great camp and not the nudist kind, either.

The best thing about 'Nude On The Moon' is the title, which promises kitsch fun that the movie never quite delivers. It's one of those "legendary" cult movies that you only really watch so that when someone at a party asks you if you've seen it you can say "yes, I have". The late Doris Wishman made a few Chesty Morgan pictures and other sexploitation movies that fans of the genre rate highly, but this is from her early, much more innocent nudie period. Watching this movie you must keep in mind that it was a big deal at the time to get to see some breasts in a movie. That's the only reason this film exists! Instead of the usual peek at clean living nudists concept quite common during this period, Wishman uses a sci fi "twist" to basically make yup, you got it, a clean living nudists movie. Only these gals are "Moondolls" and live on (obviously!) the Moon. The movie only goes for 70 minutes but the two knucklehead scientists (Lester Brown, William Mayer) take 20 minutes to get to the freakin' moon, and another five are wasted before we get see any naked women. Well okay, no-one's actually naked, just topless. Most of the Moondolls aren't that fetching, but their queen/goddess (played by Marietta) is actually pretty hot and has a great pair of lungs. The younger and stupider scientist doesn't seem to notice that she looks like his secretary back home, Cathy (played by, yes, Marietta), who of course is secretly in love with him, but I'm sure you can guess how the movie will end waaaaay before he does. I've sometimes heard 'Nude On The Moon' being inexplicably described as "sleazy", it's anything but. Russ Meyer it ain't! The movie is so lightweight and innoffensive nobody but a total prude would even blink at it. Unfortunately this makes it very dull viewing.