Rocket Ship (1938)
Overview
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".
Where to watch Rocket Ship
| Country | Stream | Rent | Buy |
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| United States | Plex, Fawesome, Tubi TV, Filmtap | Amazon Video | Amazon Video |
| United Kingdom | Plex, Filmtap | — | — |
| Canada | Tubi TV, Plex, Filmtap | — | — |
| Australia | Tubi TV, Plex, Filmtap | — | — |
| Ireland | Plex, Filmtap | — | — |
| New Zealand | Plex, Filmtap | — | — |
| India | Tubi TV, Plex, JustWatch TV Beta | — | — |
| United Arab Emirates | JustWatch TV Beta | — | — |
| Germany | Plex, Filmtap | — | — |
| France | Plex, Filmtap | — | — |
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What is Rocket Ship about?
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 Action, Adventure, Science Fiction movie, released on 1938-03-01, runtime 82 minutes.
Is Rocket Ship worth watching?
There are not enough ratings yet to summarize how viewers feel about Rocket Ship.
Where can I watch Rocket Ship?
In the United States, Rocket Ship is free to watch on Plex, Fawesome and Tubi TV and can be rented from Amazon Video. The table on this page lists 9 more countries. Movie World also lists online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor
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
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Sources
Details and the 6.3/10 rating from Rocket Ship on TMDB, also on IMDb. Back to Movie World.