King of the Rocket Men is a 1949 12-chapter movie serial from Republic Pictures, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed Fred C. Brannon, that stars Tristram...
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Commando Cody (section Zombies of the Stratosphere)
A feature film was made from the King of the Rocket Men serial called Lost Planet Airmen, later inspiring the name of the rock group Commander Cody and...
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Commando Cody and the third 12-chapter serial featuring the rocket-powered flying jacket and helmet introduced in King of the Rocket Men (1949). Instead...
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recycles the flying sequences from Republic's earlier 1949 serial King of the Rocket Men. It was later released by Republic in 1966 as the 100-minute...
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Jet pack (redirect from Longer history of rocket packs)
jet pack in King of the Rocket Men. The same stock special effects were used in other serials. While several science fiction novels from the 1950s featured...
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last leading roles later in the decade, notably as the heroine in the Republic serial King of the Rocket Men (1949). In the 1950s and 1960s, Clarke played...
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Republic Pictures, which is actually the feature film condensation of their 1949 12-chapter serial, King of the Rocket Men. Lost Planet Airmen was directed...
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and the popular movie serials The Green Archer, Captain Midnight, and King of the Rocket Men. Craven's own professional resumé does not include the year...
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Mad scientist (category Cultural depictions of scientists)
Fu Manchu" (Drums of Fu Manchu, Republic, 1940) "Dr. Satan" (Mysterious Doctor Satan, 1940) "Dr. Vulcan" (King of the Rocket Men, 1949) "Atom Man/Lex...
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Cody reuses the "rocket man" flying jacket and helmet costume, first seen in Republic's serial King of the Rocket Men (1949), to which the other Cody serials...
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