Rocket Ship poster

Rocket Ship

NR 6.3193882mScience FictionActionAdventure
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“BIG FEATURE SENSATION! Amazing STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES! From Alex Raymond's Famous Newspaper Strip”

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".

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Production
Universal Pictures
Budget
$350K

Cast

Buster CrabbeBuster CrabbeFlash GordonJean RogersJean RogersDale ArdenCharles MiddletonCharles MiddletonEmperor MingPriscilla LawsonPriscilla LawsonPrincess AuraFrank ShannonFrank ShannonDr. Hans ZarkovRichard AlexanderRichard AlexanderPrince BarinJack 'Tiny' LipsonJack 'Tiny' LipsonKing VultanTheodore LorchTheodore LorchHigh PriestJames PierceJames PiercePrince ThunEarl AskamOfficer TorchRichard TuckerRichard TuckerProfessor GordonGeorge ClevelandGeorge ClevelandProfessor Henson

Media

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User Reviews

CinemaSerf
CinemaSerf6/10

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 jeopardy with the plot: "Flash" (Buster Crabbe) has to defeat the devious plots of "Ming" (Charles Middleton) with the aid of his allies Barin (Richard Alexander) and "Vultan" (Tiny Lipson) whilst juggling the attentions of "Dale Arden" (Jean Rogers) and the duplicitous "Princess Aura" (Priscilla…

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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 int…

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The movie stars Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, Frank Shannon and more.

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