Flash Gordon's trip to Mars videorecording / [Universal Pictures] ; original story and screenplay, Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall, Wyndham Gittens ; directed by Ford Beebe and Robert Hill.
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videorecording / [Universal Pictures] ; original story and screenplay, Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall, Wyndham Gittens ; directed by Ford Beebe and Robert Hill.
Based on the King Features comic strip. Feature version of the 15-episode serial, Flash Gordon's trip to Mars, originally released in 1938 as a sequel to Flash Gordon (1936). Larry (Buster) Crabbe, Charles Middleton, Jean Rogers, Frank Shannon, Donald Kerr. Larry (Buster) Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts, Donald Kerr.
Summary:
To save the earth from destruction by a giant ray lamp, Flash Gordon and friends travel to Mars, where they battle and eventually overcome their archnemesis, Ming the Merciless. This early science fiction film features flying Martians, spaceship battalions, clay people who ooze from cave walls, a light bridge, and other special effects.
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