Flash Gordon
THRILLING STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES
6.4(47) 1936-04-06 245 minScience FictionActionAdventure
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.
DirectorFrederick Stephani
DirectorRay Taylor
ScreenplayFrederick Stephani
ScreenplayElla O'Neill
ScreenplayBasil Dickey
ScreenplayGeorge H. Plympton
ProducerRobert M. Beche
ProducerHenry MacRae
Cast & characters
Buster Crabbe
as Flash Gordon
Jean Rogers
as Dale Arden
Frank Shannon
as Dr. Hans Zarkov
Charles Middleton
as Ming the Merciless
Priscilla Lawson
as Princess Aura
Richard Alexander
as Prince Barin
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
as King Vultan
James Pierce
as Prince Thun
Theodore Lorch
as High Priest
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Earl Askam
as Officer Torch
Richard Tucker
as Professor Gordon
George Cleveland
as Professor Hensley
Glenn Strange
as Gocko/Robot/Soldier
Lon Poff
as First High Priest
Constantine Romanoff
as Monkey Man (uncredited)
Duke York
as King Kala
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Muriel Godspeed
as Zona
House Peters Jr.
as Shark Man
John Bagni
as Hawkman Throne Room Guard
Roy Barcroft
as Throne Guard
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Carroll Borland
as Woman in Ming's Palace
Lynton Brent
as Transcontinental Plane Steward
Don Brodie
as Radio Scientist
Lane Chandler
as Ming's Soldier
