Flash Gordon Serial
Flash Gordon is a
1936 film
serial which tells the story of three people from Earth who travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. It stars
Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, Frank Shannon and Richard Alexander.
It was written by Basil Dickey, Ella O'Neill, George H. Plympton and Frederick Stephani from the comic strip by Alex Raymond. It was directed by Stephani and Ray Taylor (uncredited).
There were thirteen episodes:
- Planet Of Peril
- Tunnel Of Terror
- Captured By Shark Men
- Battling The Sea Beast
- The Destroying Ray
- Flaming Torture
- Shattering Doom
- Tournament Of Death
- Fighting The Fire Dragon
- The Unseen Peril
- In The Claws Of The Tigron
- Trapped In The Turret
- Rocketing To Earth
The serial has been selected for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry.
see also Flash Gordon, science fiction film