Spaceship to the Unknown

Overview

A heavy condensation of the original serial compresses the original thirteen episodes into an efficient 97 minute feature. 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.

Directed by Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor

Top cast

Buster Crabbe

Flash Gordon (archive footage)

Jean Rogers

Dale Arden (archive footage)

Frank Shannon

Dr. Hans Zarkov (archive footage)

Charles Middleton

Ming the Merciless (archive footage)

Priscilla Lawson

Princess Aura (archive footage)

Richard Alexander

Prince Barin (archive footage)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

King Vultan (archive footage)

James Pierce

Prince Thun (archive footage)

E

Earl Askam

Officer Torch (archive footage)

Richard Tucker

Prof. Gordon (archive footage)

George Cleveland

Prof. Henson (archive footage)

Lon Poff

The High Priest (archive footage)

C

Charles McMurphy

Atom Furnace supervisor (archive footage)

Theodore Lorch

Priest #2 (archive footage)

Duke York

(scenes deleted) (archive footage) (as Duke York Jr.)

Lynton Brent

Transcontinental airplane pilot (archive footage) (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Telescreen monitor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fred Kohler Jr.

Robot / Ming soldier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bull Montana

Monkey-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Constantine Romanoff

Monkey-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

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