Rocket Ship

Rocket Ship

82 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Jan. 1, 1950

Condensed feature version of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. The film, which was shown outside the US as simply "Flash Gordon", was re-named Rocket Ship for its 1950 stateside re-release.

Rocket Ship

82 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Jan. 1, 1950

Rocket Ship
Condensed feature version of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. The film, which was shown outside the US as simply "Flash Gordon", was re-named Rocket Ship for its 1950 stateside re-release.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Universal Pictures, FilmCraft Productions
Original title Rocket Ship
Directors Ray Taylor, Frederick Stephani
Writers Ray Trampe, Wyndham Gittens, George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Ella O'Neill, Frederick Stephani, Alex Raymond, Norman S. Hall

Cast

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