Back Flash Gordon (1936) German فلش گوردون (مجموعه) Persian Flash Gordon (serial) French פלאש גורדון (סרט, 1936) HE Flash Gordon (serial) ID Flash Gordon (serial cinematografico) Italian 플래쉬 고든 (영화) Korean Flash Gordon Serial Dutch Flash Gordon (1936) Portuguese Flash Gordon (serial) Romanian
| Flash Gordon | |
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&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:Flash_Gordon_(serial).jpg) Poster for 1936 serial (note tagline), reissued as Rocketship in 1949 | |
| Directed by | Frederick Stephani |
| Screenplay by | Frederick Stephani Ella O'Neill George H. Plympton (as George Plympton) Basil Dickey |
| Based on | Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond |
| Produced by | Henry MacRae |
| Starring | Buster Crabbe Jean Rogers Charles B. Middleton Priscilla Lawson Frank Shannon |
| Cinematography | Jerome Ash Richard Fryer |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind Louis Sackin Alvin Todd Edward Todd |
Production company | Universal Pictures King Features Syndicate |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 245 minutes (13 episodes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $350,000[1] |
Flash Gordon is a 1936 superhero serial film. Presented in 13 chapters, it is the first screen adventure for Flash Gordon, the comic-strip character created by Alex Raymond in 1934. It presents the story of Gordon's visit to the planet Mongo and his encounters with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson and Frank Shannon portray the film's central characters. In 1996, Flash Gordon was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]
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