Spaceship To The Unknown

Spaceship To The Unknown

97 mins | Science Fiction | Jan. 1, 1966

Spaceship to the Unknown is a condensed version of the original serial, compressing the original twelve episodes into an efficient 97 minute feature. Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) heads into space with brilliant scientist Dr. Zarkoff (Frank Shannon) and his sweetheart Dale Arden (Jean Rogers) in an effort to throw the planet Mongo off course; it is expected to crash into the Earth within a matter of days. However, once Flash and his crew arrive on Mongo, they have to deal with the supremely evil Ming the Merciless (Charles B. Middleton) and his wicked minions.

Spaceship To The Unknown

97 mins | Science Fiction | Jan. 1, 1966

Spaceship To The Unknown
Spaceship to the Unknown is a condensed version of the original serial, compressing the original twelve episodes into an efficient 97 minute feature. Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) heads into space with brilliant scientist Dr. Zarkoff (Frank Shannon) and his sweetheart Dale Arden (Jean Rogers) in an effort to throw the planet Mongo off course; it is expected to crash into the Earth within a matter of days. However, once Flash and his crew arrive on Mongo, they have to deal with the supremely evil Ming the Merciless (Charles B. Middleton) and his wicked minions.
Producers Universal Pictures, Hearst Entertainment Productions
Original title Spaceship To The Unknown
Directors Ray Taylor, Frederick Stephani
Writers Alex Raymond

Cast

Buster Crabbe

as Flash Gordon (archive footage)

Jean Rogers

as Dale Arden (archive footage)

Frank Shannon

as Dr. Hans Zarkov (archive footage)

Charles Middleton

as Ming the Merciless (archive footage)

Priscilla Lawson

as Princess Aura (archive footage)

Richard Alexander

as Prince Barin (archive footage)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

as King Vultan (archive footage)

James Pierce

as Prince Thun (archive footage)

Earl Askam

as Officer Torch (archive footage)

Richard Tucker

as Prof. Gordon (archive footage)

George Cleveland

as Prof. Henson (archive footage)

Lon Poff

as The High Priest (archive footage)

Charles McMurphy

as Atom Furnace supervisor (archive footage)

Theodore Lorch

as Priest #2 (archive footage)

Duke York

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

Lynton Brent

as Transcontinental airplane pilot (archive footage) (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

as Telescreen monitor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fred Kohler Jr.

as Robot / Ming soldier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bull Montana

as Monkey-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Constantine Romanoff

as Monkey-Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Glenn Strange

as Robot / Ming soldier / Gocko (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Captured soldier (archive footage) (uncredited)