King of the Rocket Men

1949

Action / Adventure / Crime / Family / Sci-Fi

6
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 94% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 1067 1.1K

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Plot summary

Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions.

Director

Fred C. Brannon Photo
Fred C. Brannon

Top cast

Mae Clarke Photo
Mae Clarke as Glenda Thomas
Tristram Coffin Photo
Tristram Coffin as Jeffrey King
Carey Loftin Photo
Carey Loftin as Sparks - Henchman [Ch. 2]
Eddie Parker Photo
Eddie Parker as Rowan [Ch. 3]
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1.5 GB
986*720
English 2.0
Passed
23.976 fps
2 hr 47 min
Seeds 1
2.79 GB
1480*1080
English 2.0
Passed
23.976 fps
2 hr 47 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 5 / 10

A Republic Films serial from the 1940's, featuring

A Republic Films serial from the 1940's, featuring the legendary Ted Adams (who?) and the lovely Mae Clarke (again, who?). Let's face it, King of the Rocket Men was never intended to win an Oscar. It's an old fashioned cliff-hanger meant to keep the kids coming back to the theater for the weekly Saturday matinee. A slice of nostalgia for those old enough to remember the era and a fun little time capsule for the rest of us.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

Terrific action-adventure serial! The inspiration for 'The Rocketeer

Terrific action-adventure serial! The inspiration for 'The Rocketeer'.
Reviewed by StarCastle99 8 / 10

A Treat as long as you don't take it seriously

While I don't want to date myself, this is the first film I actually saw made. It's a 13 part chapter play, aka serial, that fifties kids enjoyed on Saturdays at the movies. All serials had a formula. They ended with a cliffhanger, they began with the "take out" of the previous week's episode, and featured lots of action and lame dialog. This one also offered the best human flying effects to that time. In fact, nobody surpassed them until Superman: The Movie. You can thank the Lydecker Brothers who not only created the effect, but nearly sunk NY City with a tidal wave. 4.5 hours of film on a budget of $175,000. You can only shake your head in amazement. I've seen the series a dozen times. I can recall seeing a screening of it in a local theater where they played all 13 episodes back to back. It got so that one section of the audience would cheer the producer and another the director. Everybody booed the actors. When did you last have a movie going experience like that?
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