Who is flash gordon

John Hallam Luro as Luro. William Hootkins Munson as Munson. Bobbie Brown Hedonia as Hedonia. Ted Carroll Biro as Biro. Mike Hodges. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Flash Gordon is an American football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. Hans Zarkov's rocketship along with his beautiful girlfriend Dale Arden. The threesome are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, ruled by Emperor Ming the Merciless.

The evil Ming has been testing Earth with unnatural disasters, and deeming our world a threat to his rule. He also intends to take Dale as his concubine, attempts to execute Flash and intends to destroy Earth. Flash must avoid the amorous attentions of Ming's daughter, and unite the warring kingdoms of Mongo to rescue Dale and save our world.

He'll save every one of us! Did you know Edit. Nobody could figure out how to end the movie. Goofs At the very beginning of the film, Ming and his henchman are discussing "an obscure body in the SK system", which the inhabitants refer to as the planet "Earth", pronounced as if the word is completely foreign to them.

However, at that moment, Ming activates a button on his console labeled "Earth Quake". Quotes Dale Arden : Ming's not unbeatable. Crazy credits When the ending title appears, a hand picks up Ming's ring and Ming is heard laughing. Connections Featured in Queen: Flash User reviews Review. Top review. Now then, anyone who thinks that Max von Sydov's best film was "the Seventh Seal" really does need to get their priorities right: forget Ingmar Bergman - it has to be this marvellously camp effort from Mike Hodges and Dino de Laurentiis that allows him to act the megalomanic whilst dressing up like the best panto villain you're ever likely to encounter.

Jones is the eponymous hero who, alongside the rather hapless Melody Anderson "Dale and Topol's slightly demented scientist "Zarkov" , falls prey to the mischievous games of "Ming the Merciless" as he toys with the Earth. Once the intrepid trio arrive on "Mongo" they must fight for their very survival.

They crash land into the laboratory of Dr. Hans Zarkov and are tricked into the rocket ship by the scientist. After a struggle, Flash knocks Zarkov into the controls and the rocket launches. They journey through space and crash land on the planet of Mongo, near the Imperial Palace.

He, Dale, and Zarkov are taken to the palace where they are met by an insidious floating robot. It leads the trio into the Grand Audience Chamber, where they watch the people of Mongo during a tribute ceremony to Ming the Merciless. After Ming kills Prince Thun, Flash comments that Ming is a psycho and the floating robot broadcasts this loudly to everyone.

The trio are brought before Ming and they introduce themselves, Flash telling Ming that he is the quarterback for the New York Jets. He is at first beaten badly, but Zarkov throws him an item resembling a football and Flash engages them in a heated battle, which entertains the people of Mongo, who watch in amusement. His efforts attract the amorous attentions of Princess Aura, who wants Flash for herself, but Ming refuses. Flash is scheduled to be publicly executed that night. In the dungeons, he is allowed a few last moments by Klytus to talk to Dale before the sands of a reverse hourglass run out.

He is then led to the gas chamber, defiant until the end and apparently dies when the chamber is filled with a noxious green gas. Later, he is revived by Aura and the Imperial Surgeon, one of her many lovers. Flash is stunned to be alive and asks where Dale and Zarkov are, but Aura diverts his attentions to herself and the two of them flee the palace. He flees the temple is almost devoured by a monster in the swamps but is saved by Barin, who wants to kill him himself.

The two of them are apprehended by Hawk men and taken to Sky City. Flash and Dale are briefly reunited before the battle begins. During the fight, which consists of a rotating, spiked platform and whips above a vortex below, Flash and Barin whip each other and struggle. Barin is almost killed, but Flash saves him. Klytus arrives afterward and is killed by Flash. The other three of his companions are taken away by Ming, and Flash is left to talk to Ming.

Ming offers him a kingdom of Mongo, Earth, because he is a hero. However, after Ming devastates the Earth with natural disasters, the people will be easier for Flash to rule. Flash refuses and is left to die, but escapes on a rocket cycle while Ming destroys the city. He contacts Prince Vultan and arranges a rendezvous where he meets up with the Hawkmen army.

It started with a radio adaptation in It was a very close adaptation of the strip, for a while, but eventually they just went ham wild with it and the characters went to Atlantis. This went on for 86 episodes. There were six television adaptations.

The first is mainly notable as it was filmed in West Germany and showed the destruction of the country from World War 2. Speaking of weird adaptations, there was also a musical done about it in It premiered in Gainesville, Florida, and according to my research never premiered anywhere else. There was also two video game adaptations. Then, of course, there were the movie adaptations.