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A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Language
Budget$35,000,000
Revenue $27,100,000
English
Budget$35,000,000
Revenue $27,100,000
Keywords
fighter
emperor
solar eclipse
prince
deception
alien planet
duel
scientist
space opera
flash gordon
evil dictator
action hero
floating city
giant forest
Casts

Sam J. Jones
Flash Gordon

Melody Anderson
Dale Arden

Max von Sydow
The Emperor Ming

Chaim Topol
Dr. Hans Zarkov

Ornella Muti
Princess Aura

Timothy Dalton
Prince Barin

Brian Blessed
Prince Vultan

Peter Wyngarde
Klytus

Mariangela Melato
Kala

John Osborne
Arborian Priest

Richard O'Brien
Fico

John Hallam
Luro

Philip Stone
Zogi, the High Priest

Suzanne Danielle
Serving Girl

William Hootkins
Munson
Bobbie Brown
Hedonia
Ted Carroll
Biro
Adrienne Kronenberg
Vultan's Daughter

Stanley Lebor
Mongon Doctor

John Morton
Airline Pilot

Burnell Tucker
Airline Co-Pilot

Robbie Coltrane
Man at Airfield

Peter Duncan
Young Treeman
Ken Sicklen
A Treeman
Tessa Hewitt
Hawk Woman
Venetia Spicer
Hawk Woman
Francis Mughan
Wounded Hawkman

Oliver MacGreevy
Klytus Observer No. 1

John Hollis
Klytus Observer No. 2

Paul Bentall
Klytus' Pilot

Leon Greene
Colonel of Battle Control
Graeme Crowther
Battle Room Controller

Tony Scannell
Ming's Officer

David Neal
Captain of Ming's Air Force

Bogdan Kominowski
Lieutenant of Ming's Air Force

George Harris
Prince of Ardentia
Colin Taylor
King of Frigia
Doretta Dunkley
Queen of Frigia
Sally Nicholson
Queen of Azuria

Deep Roy
Princess Aura's Pet
Michelle Mildwater
Special Movement
Marie Green
Special Movement

Imogen Claire
Special Movement
Kay Zimmerman
Special Movement

Frederick Warder
Special Movement
Stephen Brigden
Special Movement
Lionel Guyett
Special Movement

Ken Robertson
Special Movement

Andy Bradford
Hawkman
Bertram Adams
Hawkman
Terry Forrestal
Hawkman
Mike Potter
Hawkman

John Sullivan
Hawkman
Eddie Stacey
Hawkman
John Lees
Hawkman

Roy Scammell
Hawkman
Kathy Marquis
Sandmoon Girl
Sophie
Sandmoon Girl
Kathy September
Sandmoon Girl

Glenna Forster-Jones
Sandmoon Girl
Roseanne Romine
Cytherian Girl
Snehal Patel
Cytherian Girl
Magda
Cytherian Girl
Shaka
Cytherian Girl
Lindy
Cytherian Girl

Viva
Cytherian Girl
Beverly Andrews
Cytherian Girl
Frances Ward
Cytherian Girl
Kerry-Lou Baylis
Cytherian Girl
Camella
Cytherian Girl

Eddie Powell
Ming's Brute

Jill Goldston
Flashback Friend of Dr. Hans Zarkov (uncredited)
Karen Johnson
Serving Girl in Ming's Chair
Crews
Howard Blake
Original Music Composer

Michael Allin
Adaptation
Alex Raymond
Characters

Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Screenplay

Gilbert Taylor
Director of Photography

Mike Hodges
Director
Malcolm Cooke
Editor

Danilo Donati
Art Direction

Danilo Donati
Set Designer

Dino De Laurentiis
Producer

John Deacon
Music

Roger Taylor
Music

Freddie Mercury
Music

Brian May
Music

Vic Armstrong
Stunts
Renee Heimer
Wardrobe Assistant
Bernard Williams
Executive Producer
Ian Fuller
Dialogue Editor
Ted Clements
Assistant Art Director
Ted Michell
Scenic Artist
Richard Mills
Makeup Artist

Michael Stevenson
Second Assistant Director
Andy Andrews
Property Master
Aldo Puccini
Construction Manager
Gordon Hayman
Camera Operator
Massimo De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Ken Court
Assistant Art Director
John Fenner
Assistant Art Director
Tony Reading
Assistant Art Director
Steve Spence
Assistant Art Director
Derek Trigg
Assistant Editor
Barbara Markham
Dialogue Coach
Tony Graysmark
Construction Manager
Len Barnard
Production Accountant
David C. Anderson
Production Manager
Jonathan Bates
Sound Editor
George Gibbs
Special Effects Supervisor
Brian W. Cook
First Assistant Director
Giusy Bovino
Hairdresser
Mario Di Salvio
Makeup Artist
Len Furey
Construction Manager
Jane Royle
Makeup Artist
Micky Wilson
Gaffer

Danilo Donati
Costume Design
Ken Weston
Boom Operator
William Kronick
Second Unit Director
Giorgio Postiglione
Assistant Art Director
Alexander De Grunwald
Production Manager
Terry Needham
Second Assistant Director
Michael Greenleaf
Assistant Editor
John Graysmark
Supervising Art Director
David Perry
Assistant Costume Designer
Robin Clarke
Music Editor
Bob Penn
Still Photographer
David Hitchcock
Assistant Editor
Ivan Sharrock
Sound Mixer
Roy Ford
Camera Operator
Rita Burgess
Assistant Editor
Gordon Arnell
Publicist
June Randall
Script Supervisor
Jeremy Hume
Assistant Editor
June Broom
Publicist
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