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Rocket Ship

Rocket Ship

BIG FEATURE SENSATION! Amazing STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES! From Alex Raymond's Famous Newspaper Strip

1938 1h 22mActionAdventureScience Fiction

A heavy condensation of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth. Released abroad as "Flash Gordon" for countries not interested in booking the serial, and never shown in the USA before 1950, where the title was changed to "Rocket Ship".

3.2/5

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Synopsis

A heavy condensation of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth. Released abroad as "Flash Gordon" for countries not interested in booking the serial, and never shown in the USA before 1950, where the title was changed to "Rocket Ship".

The vibe

emperorspace travelspace warend of worldspace operaheroic missionevil alienevil dictator

Behind it

Frederick StephaniFrederick StephaniDirectorRay TaylorRay TaylorDirectorRay TrampeScreenplayNorman S. HallScreenplayWyndham GittensScreenplayGeorge H. PlymptonScreenplay

Cast

Buster CrabbeBuster CrabbeFlash Gordon
Jean RogersJean RogersDale Arden
Charles MiddletonCharles MiddletonEmperor Ming
Priscilla LawsonPriscilla LawsonPrincess Aura
Frank ShannonFrank ShannonDr. Hans Zarkov
Richard AlexanderRichard AlexanderPrince Barin
Jack 'Tiny' LipsonJack 'Tiny' LipsonKing Vultan
Theodore LorchTheodore LorchHigh Priest
James PierceJames PiercePrince Thun
Earl AskamOfficer Torch
Richard TuckerRichard TuckerProfessor Gordon
George ClevelandGeorge ClevelandProfessor Henson

Director

Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor

Writers

Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall, Wyndham Gittens, Frederick Stephani

Release date

1 Mar 1938

Runtime

1h 22m

Budget

$0.3M

Studio

Universal Pictures

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Where to watch · US

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