movie
1980 · Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
Flash Gordon
Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Mild
The story
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
- fighter
- emperor
- solar eclipse
- prince
- deception
- alien planet
- duel
- scientist
- space opera
- evil dictator
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sam J. Jones
Flash Gordon
Melody Anderson
Dale Arden
Max von Sydow
The Emperor Ming
Chaim Topol
Dr. Hans Zarkov
- Ornella Muti — Princess Aura
- Timothy Dalton — Prince Barin
- Brian Blessed — Prince Vultan
- Peter Wyngarde — Klytus
- Mariangela Melato — Kala
- John Osborne — Arborian Priest
- Richard O'Brien — Fico
- John Hallam — Luro
- Philip Stone — Zogi, the High Priest
- Suzanne Danielle — Serving Girl
- William Hootkins — Munson
- Directed
- Mike Hodges
- Written
- Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 1,131 ratings
- Studio
- Starling Films, Universal Pictures, Famous Films Productions, Flash Gordon Productions, DDL Cinematografica
If this stayed with you
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