Flash Gordon

6.433

245 minutes

4/6/1936

Overview

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.

Cast List

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
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
Muriel Godspeed
as Zona
House Peters Jr.
as Shark Man
John Bagni
as Hawkman Throne Room Guard
Roy Barcroft
as Throne Guard
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
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as Guard
Jim Corey
as Shark Man
Ray Corrigan
as Orangopoid
William Desmond
as Hawkman Lookout Captain
Al Ferguson
as Spaceograph Operator
Sig Frohlich
as Shark Man
Olive Hatch
as Aura's Handmaiden
Reed Howes
as Pilot
Fred Kohler Jr.
as Robot
George Magrill
as Ming's Soldier
Charles McMurphy
as Atom Furnace Slavedriver
Monte Montague
as Ming's Soldier
Bull Montana
as Monkey Man
Eddie Parker
as Ming's Soldier
Sana Rayya
as Priestess of Tigron
Fred Scott
as Soldier
Cap Somers
as Shark Man
Tom Steele
as Plane Passenger
Bunny Waters
as Shark Man
Slim Whitaker
as Prison Guard
Harry Wilson
as Pit Control Operator