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4.8/10 • 3

1938-03-051h 22m

ActionAdventureScience Fiction

BIG FEATURE SENSATION! Amazing STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES! From Alex Raymond's Famous Newspaper Strip

A heavy condensation of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.

Directors
Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor
Characters
Alex Raymond
Editors
Louis Sackin

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  1. Buster Crabbe

    Buster Crabbe

    Flash Gordon

  2. Jean Rogers

    Jean Rogers

    Dale Arden

  3. Charles Middleton

    Charles Middleton

    Emperor Ming

  4. Priscilla Lawson

    Priscilla Lawson

    Princess Aura

  5. Frank Shannon

    Frank Shannon

    Dr. Hans Zarkov

  6. Richard Alexander

    Richard Alexander

    Prince Barin

  7. Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

    Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

    King Vultan

  8. Theodore Lorch

    Theodore Lorch

    High Priest

  9. James Pierce

    James Pierce

    Prince Thun

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CinemaSerf

Jun 19, 2022

6/10

I loved these sci-fi escapades years ago when I was a kid and the serials were shown at dinner-time by the BBC. I haven't seen them since, and to be honest was rather disappointed by the way in which the episodes had been rather clumsily butchered into 75 minutes. Not that there ever was much jeopardy with the plot: "Flash" (Buster Crabbe) has to defeat the devious plots of "Ming" (Charles Middleton) with the aid of his allies Barin (Richard Alexander) and "Vultan" (Tiny Lipson) whilst juggling the attentions of "Dale Arden" (Jean Rogers) and the duplicitous "Princess Aura" (Priscilla Lawson) but surely someone could have shown just a touch of professionalism with the basic editing process? That said, it is still a fun watch with the phut-phut rocket ships, melting rays, winged-men and a hero quite literally straight out of the comic books - decent, but as thick as two short planks. The story doesn't really matter (Ming has plonked his planet "Mongo" on a collision course with the pesky third planet) - it's just a daft adventure story with an evil cloak-wearing baddie and a couple of very pretty dames indulging in a bit of cat-fighting over their handsome beefcake hero. It's nostalgia and can be enjoyed as such....

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$350,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
emperorspace travelspace warend of worldspace operaflash gordonheroic missionevil alienevil dictatorfeature version of movie serial