Flash Gordon (1936)
THRILLING STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES
245 min
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.
- Release date
- April 6, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $350,000
Trailer
Cast
- Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon
- Jean Rogers as Dale Arden
- Charles Middleton as Ming the Merciless
- Priscilla Lawson as Princess Aura
- Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov
- Richard Alexander as Prince Barin [Chs. 5-13]
- Jack 'Tiny' Lipson as King Vultan [Chs. 5-13]
- Theodore Lorch as High Priest #2 [Chs. 8-11, 13]
- Richard Tucker as Professor Gordon
- George Cleveland as Professor Hensley
Crew
- Frederick Stephani · Director
- Alex Raymond · Writer
- Frederick Stephani · Writer
- Ella O'Neill · Writer
- George H. Plympton · Writer
- Henry MacRae · Producer
- Jerome Ash · Cinematographer
- Richard Fryer · Cinematographer
- Saul A. Goodkind · Editor
- Louis Sackin · Editor
- Alvin Todd · Editor
- Edward Todd · Editor