Rocket Ship
1938 · 82 min
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
★ 6.3A 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".
Crew
- Director Frederick Stephani
- Director Ray Taylor
- Screenplay Ray Trampe
- Screenplay Norman S. Hall
- Screenplay Wyndham Gittens
- Screenplay Frederick Stephani
- Screenplay George H. Plympton
- Screenplay Basil Dickey
Cast
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon
Jean Rogers
Dale Arden
Charles Middleton
Emperor Ming
Priscilla Lawson
Princess Aura
Frank Shannon
Dr. Hans Zarkov
Richard Alexander
Prince Barin
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
King Vultan
Theodore Lorch
High Priest
James Pierce
Prince Thun
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Earl Askam
Officer Torch
Richard Tucker
Professor Gordon
George Cleveland
Professor Henson
Crew
- Director — Frederick Stephani
- Director — Ray Taylor
- Screenplay — Ray Trampe
- Screenplay — Norman S. Hall
- Screenplay — Wyndham Gittens
- Screenplay — Frederick Stephani
- Screenplay — George H. Plympton
- Screenplay — Basil Dickey
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