Buck Rogers (serial)

Buck Rogers
Directed byFord Beebe
Saul A. Goodkind
Written byNorman S. Hall
Ray Trampe
Dick Calkins
Based onBuck Rogers created by Philip Francis Nowlan
Produced byBarney A. Sarecky
StarringBuster Crabbe
Constance Moore
Jackie Moran
Anthony Warde
C. Montague Shaw
Jack Mulhall
CinematographyJerome Ash
Edited byJoseph Gluck
Louis Sackin
Alvin Todd
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 11, 1939 (1939-04-11)
Running time
237 minutes (12 chapters)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Buck Rogers is a 1939 science fiction film serial, produced by Universal Pictures. It stars Buster Crabbe (who had previously played the title character in two Flash Gordon serials and would return for a third in 1940) as the eponymous hero, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran and Anthony Warde.[1] It is based on the Buck Rogers character created by Philip Francis Nowlan, who had appeared in magazines and comic strips since 1928.

  1. ^ Kinnard, Roy (1998). Science Fiction Serials: A Critical Filmography of the 31 Hard SF Cliffhangers. McFarland & Co. p. 69. ISBN 978-0786437450.