Word: astronaught
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...group of engineers, scientists and charlatans, headed by P. T. Barnum (Burl Ives), decides to shoot the moon with a rocket ship to be sent up by German Genius Gert Frobe. The pilot: blond, bland Troy Donahue, ideal candidate for the world's first astronaught. Before the plot can get off the ground, two dastardly schemers (Lionel Jeffries and Terry Thomas) bet millions that the trip will fail, then try to sabotage the rocket for insurance. Only after some circuitous antique-automobile and bicycle chases and other mandatory sequences for period comedy does launch time occur-accidentally sending Jeffries...
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