Rocket Ship
BIG FEATURE SENSATION! Amazing STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES! From Alex Raymond's Famous Newspaper Strip
- 1938
- Rated NR
- 1h 22m
- Action
- Adventure
- Science Fiction
Rating: 6.3 out of 10TMDB(5 votes)
Overview
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".
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Made on a $350K budget
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Alex RaymondCharacters, Comic Book
- Ray TrampeOriginal Story, Screenplay
- Norman S. HallOriginal Story, Screenplay
- Wyndham GittensOriginal Story, Screenplay
- Frederick StephaniScreenplay
- George H. PlymptonScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 1, 1938
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $350K
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Buster CrabbeFlash Gordon
Jean RogersDale Arden
Charles MiddletonEmperor Ming
Priscilla LawsonPrincess Aura
Frank ShannonDr. Hans Zarkov
Richard AlexanderPrince Barin
Jack 'Tiny' LipsonKing Vultan
Theodore LorchHigh Priest
James PiercePrince Thun- Earl AskamOfficer Torch
Richard TuckerProfessor Gordon
George ClevelandProfessor Henson
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