Flash Gordon (1936)
4h 5m
Running Time
April 6, 1936Release Date
Flash Gordon (1936)
4h 5m
Running Time
April 6, 1936Release Date
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon
Jean Rogers
Dale Arden
Charles Middleton
Ming the Merciless
Priscilla Lawson
Princess Aura
Frank Shannon
Dr. Alexis Zarkov
Richard Alexander
Prince Barin [Chs. 5-13]
Ray Taylor
Director
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
King Vultan [Chs. 5-13]
James Pierce
Prince Thun
Theodore Lorch
High Priest #2 [Chs. 8-11, 13]
Earl Askam
Officer Torch
Richard Tucker
Professor Gordon
George Cleveland
Professor Hensley
Basil Dickey
Writer
Frederick Stephani
Director
Alex Raymond
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 6, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time4h 5m
Content RatingNR
Budget$350,000
Genres
Wiki.
Flash Gordon is a 1936 superhero serial film. Presented in 13 chapters, it is the first screen adventure for Flash Gordon, the comic-strip character created by Alex Raymond in 1934. It presents the story of Gordon's visit to the planet Mongo and his encounters with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson and Frank Shannon portray the film's central characters. In 1996, Flash Gordon was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".