"Rocky Jones, Space Ranger" (1954)TV series

Director:

Hollingsworth Morse

Writers:

Carl K. Hittleman (writer)
Clark Hittleson (writer)

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

27 February 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Cruising the galaxy in his space ship "The Orbit Jet" Space Ranger, Rocky Jones, Vena Ray, and 10 year-old...

Plot Keywords:

Space | Television | MST3K | Kids And Family | Character Name In Title

Cast

Richard Crane	...	Rocky Jones (16 episodes, 1954)
Sally Mansfield	...	Vena Ray (16 episodes, 1954)
Robert Lyden	...	Bobby (16 episodes, 1954)
Charles Meredith	...	Secretary of Space Drake (14 episodes, 1954)
Scotty Beckett	...	Winky (11 episodes, 1954)
Maurice Cass	...	Prof. Newton (9 episodes, 1954)
William Hudson	...	Ranger Clark (7 episodes, 1954)
Cliff Ferre	...	Marshall (7 episodes, 1954)
Patsy Parsons	...	Cleolanta (7 episodes, 1954)

Runtime:

26 min (per episode - 39 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park Observatory, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Roland Reed Productions

Quotes:

[said of the evil Cleolanta, the suzerain of Ophicius]
Rocky Jones: Even the possession of an astrophone set is punishable by death.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Menace from Outer Space (1956) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Space Credits

One of my favorites.

I will start by saying that I have no memories of watching the other space operas of the 1950s, such as Tom Corbett, Captain Video, Rod Brown or Space Patrol, so I have no standard of comparison. I saw Rocky Jones on NYC TV as late as the early 60s, if VCRs had been available then I would have recorded it faithfully. I recall it being sponsored by Silvercup bread-anyone from the NYC area remember that? One of the other reviewers described the stories as 1950s simple, a good description, but remember it was a kids' program, and I have seen plenty of recently made so called adult programs that were simple and unrealistic. And Sally Mansfield as Vena Ray still looks good even today. The SFX are a little crude in this CGI era but were pretty good for the day and remember they had budget limitations, and I read in a book about SF movies and TV than when you don't have a big budget you have to use your imagination. I still find these programs enjoyable today, that says it best.