Spaceship to the Unknown

Name: Spaceship to the Unknown
Genre: TV Movie, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
Released: 1966-01-01
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 7.333

★ 7,3 /10 (3 Votes)

1966 EN 97 min

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.

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Release date

01/01/1966

Votes

Popularity

1.1

Genres

TV Movie Science Fiction Action Adventure

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

97 min

Budget

$350,000

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)

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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)

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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)

Glenn Strange

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

Harry Wilson

Captured soldier (archive footage) (uncredited)

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If you've seen the superbly hammy "Flash Gordon" remake from 1980, then you will recognise this as the base for most of that film. This version is a rather clunkily bolted together edit of the cracking 1936 serial and features the hunky Buster Crabbe in the title role, trying to keep his gal "Dale" (Jean Rogers) safe from the merciless "Ming" (Charles Middleton) whilst trying to keep himself safe from the preying eyes of Princess "Aura" (Priscilla Lawson). Although I did enjoy this, I much preferred the original serialisation. Each episode had that slight moment of peril at the end which we mi…

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