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Flash Gordon (1936)  link to Flash Gordon on IMDb  

Number: 3

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IMDb Rating:
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7.3/10 (1563 votes)

Country: USA, 245 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure

Director(s): Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor

Cast: Buster Crabbe (as Flash Gordon), Charles Middleton (as Ming the Merciless), Jean Rogers (as Dale Arden), Priscilla Lawson (as Princess Aura), Frank Shannon (as Dr. Alexis Zarkov)

Medium: VHS tape,

Storyline: A rogue planet is 'rushing madly toward the earth.' Impending doom creates worldwide pandemonium. But maverick scientist Dr. Zarkov hopes to stay disaster by travelling to the new planet in his experimental rocket. Two chance-met strangers, athletic Flash Gordon and damsel in distress Dale Arden, go with him. Arrived, the trio find Mongo to be a planet of wonders, warring factions, and deadly perils, its orbit controlled by Emperor Ming who has his own sinister plans for earth. Can our heroes, armed only with science and sex appeal, stop him?

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3