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Flash Gordon is a 1936 science fiction film serial. Shown in 13 chapters, it was the first screen adventure for the comic-strip character Flash Gordon that was invented by Alex Raymond only two years earlier in 1934. It tells the story of Flash Gordon's first visit to the planet Mongo and his encounter with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson and Frank Shannon played the central roles. 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".
Original Release
04/06/1936
US Release
04/06/1936
Cast
Name | Character |
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Buster Crabbe | Flash Gordon |
Jean Rogers | Dale Arden |
Charles Middleton | Ming the Merciless |
Priscilla Lawson | Princess Aura |
Frank Shannon | Dr. Alexis Zarkov / Dr. Hans Zarkov |
Richard Alexander | Prince Barin [Chs. 5-13] / Prince Barin |
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson | King Vultan [Chs. 5-13] / King Vultan |
Theodore Lorch | High Priest #2 [Chs. 8-11, 13] / High Priest |
Richard Tucker | Professor Gordon / Prof. Gordon |
George Cleveland | Professor Hensley / Prof. Hensley |
Directors
Ray Taylor, Frederick Stephani
Writers
Frederick Stephani, Alex Raymond, Ella O'Neill, George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey
Cast
Name | Character |
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Buster Crabbe | Flash Gordon |
Jean Rogers | Dale Arden |
Charles Middleton | Ming the Merciless |
Priscilla Lawson | Princess Aura |
Frank Shannon | Dr. Alexis Zarkov / Dr. Hans Zarkov |
Richard Alexander | Prince Barin [Chs. 5-13] / Prince Barin |
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson | King Vultan [Chs. 5-13] / King Vultan |
Theodore Lorch | High Priest #2 [Chs. 8-11, 13] / High Priest |
Richard Tucker | Professor Gordon / Prof. Gordon |
George Cleveland | Professor Hensley / Prof. Hensley |
James Pierce | Prince Thun [Chs. 2-9, 12-13] / Prince Thun |
Duke York | King Kala [Chs. 2-5] |
Muriel Goodspeed | Zona [Ch. 4] |
Earl Askam | Officer Torch |
House Peters Jr. | Shark Man [Chs. 3-4] |
John Bagni | Hawkman Throne Room Guard |
Roy Barcroft | Throne Guard |
Carroll Borland | Woman in Ming's Palace |
Lynton Brent | Transcontinental Plane Steward |
Don Brodie | Earth Radio Scientist |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Henry MacRae | Producer |
Robert M. Beche | Producer |