Rocket Ship (1938)

Name: Rocket Ship
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: 1938-03-01
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, Frank Shannon

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

★ 6.35 votes ⏱ 1 h 22 min Rating NR

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. 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".

Rocket Ship is a 1938 movie. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction. Directed by Ray Taylor, Frederick Stephani. Main cast: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, Frank Shannon. Runtime: 82 minutes. Its average rating is 6.3 out of 10, from 5 votes.

Release dateMarch 1, 1938

Runtime1 h 22 min

Budget$350,000

DirectorRay Taylor, Frederick Stephani

ScreenplayFrederick Stephani, Wyndham Gittens

Original languageEN

IMDbtt0027624