Prepare to save the universe with the King of the Impossible! Alex Raymond's famous comic strip blasts to life in the timeless sci-fi cult adventure Flash Gordon! When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon unwittingly finds himself heading for the planet Mongo, where - with assistance from beautiful Dale Arden - he'll take on Ming the Merciless and rescue humankind.

GENRE: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
MPAA RATING: PG
RUN TIME: 1h 50m
RELEASE DATE: December 05, 1980
STARRING: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Chaim Topol, Ornella Muti
DIRECTOR(S): Mike Hodges
PRODUCER(S): Dino De Laurentiis
WRITER(S): Lorenzo Semple Jr.
STUDIO: Universal Pictures