flash gordon
- Release Date
- April 6, 1936
- Runtime
- 245
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Patrick McKay , John D. Payne , Alex Raymond , Taika Waititi
- Tagline
- THE FIRST GREAT SERIAL SPECTACLE! ...From Alex Raymond's Famous Newspaper Strip! (original Chapter 9 one-sheet poster) THRILLING STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES!!! (original Chapter 1 one-sheet poster)
Summary
Flash was a sports player who travels to the planet Mongo with his lady love, Dale Arden, and the mad scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov. There, they discover a world ruled by Ming the Merciless and meet strange inhabitants such as the Hawkmen and the Sharkmen. "Flash Gordon" originally appeared as a science fiction newspaper comic strip created and drawn by Alex Raymond in the 1930s - The strip was first adapted to the screen via Buster Crabbe serials and made into a lavish 1980 film starring Sam Jones but remembered more for its Queen score.
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