Director: Ford Beebe

Summary: Doctor Zarkov builds a rocket so that he can take a closer look at the Planet Mongo which is on a collision course with Earth. Flash Gordon and Dale Arden join him.

In this, the first filmed version of the popular comic strip, a distant planet has broken its orbit and is heading straight for Earth. Renowned scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov (Frank Shannon) builds an escape rocket and is joined by Yale graduate Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) and Dale Arden (Jean Rogers), a beautiful young woman Flash has just met. They land on the fantastic runaway planet, Mongo, only to tangle with its evil ruler, Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton), who has dastardly plans for our three heroes. Crabbe is the quintessential Flash in this 13-episode saga which was made for a then-expensive $350,000, setting a new standard for movie serials of the 1930s. This collection includes the first six episodes.

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Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	None
Subtitles:	None
Year:	1936
Release Date:	October 13, 2003
Runtime:	108 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	761309
Keywords:	General, Space, Flash, Fiction, Gordon, Soldiers, Science, Horror, Episodes, Vol, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Science Fiction