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Rocket Ship (1938)

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

4.8/10 1h 22m Mar 05, 1938
Action Adventure Science 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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Rocket Ship
Original Language EN
Budget $350,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

Buster Crabbe
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon
Popularity: 1.5
Jean Rogers
Jean Rogers
Dale Arden
Popularity: 0.4
Charles Middleton
Charles Middleton
Emperor Ming
Popularity: 3.0
Priscilla Lawson
Priscilla Lawson
Princess Aura
Popularity: 0.4
Frank Shannon
Frank Shannon
Dr. Hans Zarkov
Popularity: 0.9
Richard Alexander
Richard Alexander
Prince Barin
Popularity: 2.0
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
King Vultan
Popularity: 0.1
Theodore Lorch
Theodore Lorch
High Priest
Popularity: 2.4
James Pierce
James Pierce
Prince Thun
Popularity: 0.2
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Earl Askam
Officer Torch
Popularity: 0.3
Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker
Professor Gordon
Popularity: 2.1
George Cleveland
George Cleveland
Professor Henson
Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Director Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor
Editor Saul A. Goodkind, Alvin Todd, Louis Sackin
Screenplay Ella O'Neill, Basil Dickey, Wyndham Gittens
Producer Henry MacRae
Cinematography Richard Fryer, Jerome Ash

Production

Universal Pictures
US
FilmCraft Productions

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Backdrops
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Keywords

emperor space travel space war end of world space opera flash gordon heroic mission evil alien evil dictator feature version of movie serial

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Jun 19, 2022

I loved these sci-fi escapades years ago when I was a kid and the serials were shown at dinner-time by the BBC. I haven't seen them since, and to be honest was rather disappointed by the way in which the episodes had been rather clumsily butchered into 75 minutes. Not that there ever was much jeopar ... Read more

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Details
Release Date March 5, 1938
Runtime 1h 22m
Budget $350,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
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