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Rocket Ship

6.3 82 mins Action   Adventure   Science Fiction   1938
Universal Pictures  
Director(s): Frederick Stephani Ray Taylor

Release Date: 01 Tue, Mar 1938

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".

Casts of Rocket Ship

Buster Crabbe

as Flash Gordon

Jean Rogers

as Dale Arden

Charles Middleton

as Emperor Ming

Priscilla Lawson

as Princess Aura

Frank Shannon

as Dr. Hans Zarkov

Richard Alexander

as Prince Barin

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

as King Vultan

Theodore Lorch

as High Priest

James Pierce

as Prince Thun

Earl Askam

as Officer Torch

Richard Tucker

as Professor Gordon

George Cleveland

as Professor Henson

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