Rocket Ship
(1938)
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".
Directors
Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor
Writers
Ella O'Neill, Basil Dickey, Wyndham Gittens, Norman S. Hall, Frederick Stephani, Ray Trampe, George H. Plympton
Top Billed
Buster Crabbe
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
⭐ 6/10June 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 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 Alex… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$350,000
Revenue
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