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Flash Gordon is an American science-fiction film first released in 1936,
directed by Frederick Stephani and Ray Taylor.
The film stars Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson and Frank Shannon.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor
- Script: Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor
- Photo: Jerome Ash, Richard Fryer
- Music: Clifford Vaughan
- Cast: 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]), Jack ’Tiny’ Lipson (King Vultan [Chs. 5-13]), Theodore Lorch (High Priest #2 [Chs. 8-11, 13]), Richard Tucker (Prof. Gordon [Chs. 1, 4, 9-13]), George Cleveland (Prof. Hensley [Chs. 1, 4, 9-13]), James Pierce (Prince Thun [Chs. 2-9, 12-13]), 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 [Chs. 5-9]), Carroll Borland (Woman in Ming’s Palace), Lynton Brent (Transcontinental pilot [Ch. 1]), Don Brodie (Earth Radio Scientist [Chs. 4, 9-10, 12]), Lane Chandler (Sharkman [Ch. 4]), Howard Christie (Man), Jim Corey (Man), Ray Corrigan (Orangopoid [Ch. 8]), William Desmond (Hawkman lookout captain [Chs. 5-9]), Al Ferguson (Spaceograph operator [Chs. 2, 4-5, 9]), Jerry Frank (Sharkman [Chs. 3-4]), Saul A. Goodkind (Various Characters), Olive Hatch (Aura’s handmaiden [Ch. 10]), Fred Kohler Jr. (Robot), George Magrill (Ming soldier), Charles McMurphy (Atom Furnace slavedriver [Chs. 5-9]), Monte Montague (Ning soldier [Chs. 12-13]), Bull Montana (Monkey man [Ch. 1]), Eddie Parker (Ming Soldier), Lon Poff (High priest #1 [Chs. 1-3]), Sana Rayya (Priestess of the Tigron [Chs. 11-12]), Constantine Romanoff (Monkey man [Ch. 1]), Fred Scott (Soldier with drugged wine [Ch. 9]), Cap Somers (Sharkman [Chs. 3-4]), Glenn Strange (Robot), Bunny Waters (Sharkman [Chs. 3-4]), Slim Whitaker (Prison guard), Harry Wilson (Ugly sentry [Ch. 1])
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 245 min; B&W
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