Movie · 1936
Flash Gordon
“THRILLING STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES”
Released 6 April 1936 245 min Science Fiction / Action / Adventure More from 1936 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.
FR·01
How old were they?
Lon Poff
as First High Priest
Theodore Lorch
as High Priest
Frank Shannon
as Dr. Hans Zarkov
Charles Middleton
as Ming the Merciless
Constantine Romanoff
as Monkey Man (uncredited)
Richard Tucker
as Professor Gordon
George Cleveland
as Professor Hensley
Earl Askam
as Officer Torch
Glenn Strange
as Gocko/Robot/Soldier
Lane Chandler
as Ming's Soldier
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
as King Vultan
James Pierce
as Prince Thun
Reed Howes
as Pilot
Eddie Parker
as Ming's Soldier
Ray Corrigan
as Orangopoid
Richard Alexander
as Prince Barin
Roy Barcroft
as Throne Guard
Don Brodie
as Radio Scientist
Buster Crabbe
as Flash Gordon
Priscilla Lawson
as Princess Aura
Carroll Borland
as Woman in Ming's Palace
Jean Rogers
as Dale Arden
FR·02
The numbers
46years between the oldest and youngest billed
66Lon Poff — oldest on the call sheet
20Jean Rogers — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast