Rocket Ship (1938)
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".
- Released
- 1938-03-01
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor, Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- 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
- Earl Askam as Officer Torch
- Richard Tucker as Professor Gordon
- George Cleveland as Professor Henson
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