Flash Gordon : space soldiers / Universal presents ; a Henry MacRae Production ; screenplay by Frederick Stephani, George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Ella O'Neill ; directed by Frederick Stephani.
Publisher:
Hearst Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
1999
Description:
1 videodisc (205 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Flash Gordon (Motion picture : 1936) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014007729
Notes:
Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Jean Middleton, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, Frank Shannon. Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond. Title from disc label. Container erroneously lists running time as 4 hrs. 45 min. "In 1951, Flash Gordon reverted to King Features which produced a short-lived TV series (1953-1954). King Features renamed the 1936 motion picture from "Flash Gordon" to "Space soldiers" to avoid co[n]fusion."--Container. Originally produced as a motion picture serial in 1936.
Contents:
The planet of Peril -- The tunnel of terror -- Captured by Shark Men -- Battling the sea beast -- The destroying ray -- Flaming torture -- Shattering doom -- Tournament of death -- Fighting the fire dragon -- The unseen peril -- In the claws of the tigron -- Trapped in the turret -- Rocketing to Earth.
Summary:
A mysterious planet comes hurtling through space and threatens to destroy the Earth. Flash Gordon blasts off to the planet Mongo with Dr. Hans Zarkov and Dale Arden, where he battles Ming the Merciless, Hawkmen, Lionmen, sacred Gockos, orangaphoids, melting rays, sky cities, rocket fleets, atom furnaces, and tournaments of death in order to rescue the world from impending doom.
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