MOVIE · 1938
Rocket Ship
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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 interested in booking the serial, and never shown in the USA before 1950, where the title was changed to "Rocket Ship".
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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 interested in booking the serial, and never shown in the USA before 1950, where the title was changed to "Rocket Ship".
CAST
Featured cast
Buster CrabbeFlash Gordon
Jean RogersDale Arden
Charles MiddletonEmperor Ming
Priscilla LawsonPrincess Aura
Frank ShannonDr. Hans Zarkov
Richard AlexanderPrince Barin
Jack 'Tiny' LipsonKing Vultan
Theodore LorchHigh PriestMORE TO EXPLORE
