Rocket Ship
BIG FEATURE SENSATION! Amazing STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES! From Alex Raymond's Famous Newspaper Strip
1938 | 82m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor |
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| Writer: | Frederick Stephani, George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Ella O'Neill, Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall, Wyndham Gittens |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 05, 1938 |
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| Director: | Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor |
| Writer: | Frederick Stephani, George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Ella O'Neill, Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall, Wyndham Gittens |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | emperor, space war, space travel, end of world, space opera, flash gordon, heroic mission, evil alien, evil dictator, feature version of movie serial |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, FilmCraft Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $350,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Earl Askam | Officer Torch |
| Richard Tucker | Professor Gordon |
| George Cleveland | Professor Henson |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frederick Stephani | Director, Screenplay |
| George H. Plympton | Screenplay |
| Basil Dickey | Screenplay |
| Ella O'Neill | Screenplay |
| Ralph Berger | Art Direction |
| Jerome Ash | Cinematography |
| Richard Fryer | Cinematography |
| Norman Dewes | Special Effects |
| Elmer A. Johnson | Special Props |
| Saul A. Goodkind | Editor |
| Edward Todd | Editor |
| Alvin Todd | Editor |
| Louis Sackin | Editor |
| Alex Raymond | Characters, Comic Book |
| Ray Taylor | Director |
| Ray Trampe | Original Story, Screenplay |
| Norman S. Hall | Original Story, Screenplay |
| Wyndham Gittens | Original Story, Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Henry MacRae | Producer |
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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 ... dy 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 Lawson) but surely someone could have shown just a touch of professionalism with the basic editing process? That said, it is still a fun watch with the phut-phut rocket ships, melting rays, winged-men and a hero quite literally straight out of the comic books - decent, but as thick as two short planks. The story doesn't really matter (Ming has plonked his planet "Mongo" on a collision course with the pesky third planet) - it's just a daft adventure story with an evil cloak-wearing baddie and a couple of very pretty dames indulging in a bit of cat-fighting over their handsome beefcake hero. It's nostalgia and can be enjoyed as such....