Flash Gordon Rocket Ship - Space Soldiers
Science Fiction
Image  (1936) 245 mins NR

7.1 (272 votes)
Humanity is doomed to destruction! A distant planet has broken its orbit and is headed straight toward the Earth. While Dr. Hans Zarkov (Frank Shannon) works feverishly to finish a rocketship of his own design, internationally renowned polo player and Yale graduate Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) is a passenger on a small plane where he meets fellow traveler, Dale Arden (Jean Rogers). When a meteor storm destroys their aircraft, Flash and Dale bail out and land near Zarkov's ship. The great scientist enlists them to join him on his quest to save Earth and the heroic trio blasts off into space to rendezvous with the runaway planet - Mongo.

Upon landing, Flash, Dale and Zarkov are brought to the palace of Mongo's supreme ruler, Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton), who immediately decides to marry Dale, make a lab slave of Zarkov and dispose of Flash...

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Cast and Crew
Buster Crabbe  ......  Flash Gordon
Jean Rogers  ......  Dale Arden
Charles Middleton  ......  Ming the Merciless
Priscilla Lawson  ......  Princess Aura
Richard Alexander  ......  Prince Barin
George Cleveland  ......  Prof. Hensley
Director  .....  Ray Taylor; Ford Beebe; Frederick Stephani
Producer  .....  Henry MacRae; Robert M. Beche
Writer  .....  Alex Raymond; Ella O'Neill; Frederick Stephani
Notes
Trivia:
Feature version of the serial of the same name. (more)

Quotes:
Dr. Zarkoff: I'll soon be leaving for the planet Mongo, in a rocket-ship of my own design. (more)