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Rocket Ship (1938)
72 min | Family, Sci-Fi

Rocket Ship (1938)

72 min | Family, Sci-Fi

Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Alexis 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.

Directors

Ford Beebe (archive footage) | Robert F. Hill (archive footage)

Writers

Alex Raymond (based on the comic strip by) | Ella O'Neill (screenplay) (archive footage) | Basil Dickey (screenplay) (archive footage) | George H. Plympton (screenplay) (archive footage)

Producer

Henry MacRae (archive footage)

Cinematographers

Jerome Ash (archive footage) | Richard Fryer (archive footage)

Editors

Saul A. Goodkind (archive footage) | Louis Sackin (archive footage) | Alvin Todd (archive footage) | Edward Todd (archive footage)

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Updated Mar 5, 1938

Release date

Mar 5, 1938 (United States)

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon (archive footage) Flash Gordon (archive footage) See fewer	Nabonga (1944)
Jean Rogers Dale Arden (archive footage) Dale Arden (archive footage) See fewer	Flash Gordon (1936)
Charles Middleton Ming the Merciless (archive footage) Ming the Merciless (archive footage) See fewer	Duck Soup (1933)
Priscilla Lawson Princess Aura (archive footage) Princess Aura (archive footage) See fewer	Flash Gordon (1936)
Frank Shannon Dr. Hans Zarkov (archive footage) Dr. Hans Zarkov (archive footage) See fewer	Flash Gordon (1936)
Richard Alexander Prince Barin (archive footage) Prince Barin (archive footage) See fewer	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson King Vultan (archive footage) King Vultan (archive footage) See fewer	Flash Gordon (1936)
James Pierce King Thun (archive footage) King Thun (archive footage) See fewer	Flash Gordon (1936)
Theodore Lorch Second High Priest (archive footage) Second High Priest (archive footage) See fewer	The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Earl Askam Officer Torch (archive footage) Officer Torch (archive footage) See fewer	Flash Gordon (1936)
Richard Tucker Professor Gordon (archive footage) Professor Gordon (archive footage) See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
George Cleveland Professor Henson (archive footage) Professor Henson (archive footage) See fewer	A Date with Judy (1948)
Lynton Brent Transcontinental Pilot (archive footage) Transcontinental Pilot (archive footage) See fewer	Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)
Lane Chandler Ming Guard (archive footage) Ming Guard (archive footage) See fewer	Samson and Delilah (1949)
William Desmond Hawkmen Lookout Captain (archive footage) Hawkmen Lookout Captain (archive footage) See fewer	Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923)
Al Ferguson Spaceograph Technician (archive footage) Spaceograph Technician (archive footage) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1933)
Fred Kohler Jr. Robot / Ming Soldier (archive footage) Robot / Ming Soldier (archive footage) See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Charles McMurphy Atom Furnace Slavedriver (archive footage) Atom Furnace Slavedriver (archive footage) See fewer	The Phantom Submarine (1940)
Bull Montana Monkey Man (archive footage) Monkey Man (archive footage) See fewer	Victory (1919)
Lon Poff First High Priest (archive footage) First High Priest (archive footage) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1921)
Sana Rayya Priestess of the Tigron (archive footage) Priestess of the Tigron (archive footage) See fewer	Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Constantine Romanoff Monkey Man (archive footage) Monkey Man (archive footage) See fewer	The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)
Glenn Strange Robot / Ming Soldier / Gocko (archive footage) Robot / Ming Soldier / Gocko (archive footage) See fewer	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Harry Wilson Ugly Ming Sentry (archive footage) Ugly Ming Sentry (archive footage) See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)