Flash Gordon Serial

Flash Gordon is a 1936 film serial which tells the story of three people from Earth who travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. It stars Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, Frank Shannon and Richard Alexander.

It was written by Basil Dickey, Ella O'Neill, George H. Plympton and Frederick Stephani from the comic strip by Alex Raymond. It was directed by Stephani and Ray Taylor (uncredited).

There were thirteen episodes:

Planet Of Peril
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

The serial has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.