Rocket Ship
1938 · Movie · NR · 82 min · ★ 6.3
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".
Also known as Flash Gordon: Rocketship · Flash Gordon
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Details
- Years
- 1938
- Release date
- 1938-03-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Max quality
- SD
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (5 votes)
Themes
- emperor
- space travel
- space war
- end of world
- space opera
- heroic mission
- evil alien
- evil dictator
- feature version of movie serial
Cast & crew
Buster Crabbe
as Flash Gordon
Jean Rogers
as Dale Arden
Charles Middleton
as Emperor Ming
Priscilla Lawson
as Princess Aura
Frank Shannon
as Dr. Hans Zarkov
Richard Alexander
as Prince Barin
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
as King Vultan
Theodore Lorch
as High Priest
James Pierce
as Prince Thun
- EA
Earl Askam
as Officer Torch
Directed by Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor