Film · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Rocket Ship (1938)

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

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".

Director

Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor

Writers

Alex Raymond, Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall

Country

United States

Language

English

Release date

March 1, 1938