Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Directed by

Frederick Stephani, Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill

Genre

action film, adventure film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

4h 59m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Flash Gordon and his friends travel to Mars to stop the villainous Emperor Ming from using a new weapon to destroy Earth. They face the evil Queen Azura and her army of clay soldiers while trying to save the planet.

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What happens

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars is a 1938 Universal Pictures 15–chapter science-fiction movie serial based on the syndicated newspaper comic strip Flash Gordon. It is the second of the three Flash Gordon serials made by Universal between 1936 and 1940. The main cast from the first serial reprise their roles: Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, Jean Rogers as Dale Arden, Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov, Charles B. Middleton as Ming the Merciless, and Richard Alexander as Prince Barin. Also in the principal cast are Beatrice Roberts as Queen Azura, Donald Kerr as Happy Hapgood, Montague Shaw as the Clay King, and Wheeler Oakman as Ming's chief henchman. The serial was followed by Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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