Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless.Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless.Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless.
Robert Ridgely
- Flash Gordon
- (voice)
Diane Pershing
- Dale Arden
- (voice)
Bob Holt
- Dr. Hans Zarkov
- (voice)
David Opatoshu
- Prince Vultan
- (voice)
Vic Perrin
- Ming the Merciless
- (voice)
Melendy Britt
- Princess Aura
- (voice)
Robert Douglas
- Prince Barin
- (voice)
Ted Cassidy
- Prince Thun
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the late '70s, producer Lou Scheimer acquired the rights to produce a live-action Flash Gordon movie-of-the-week for NBC, and he commissioned Samuel A. Peeples to write the script. Peeples' script was deemed unfilmable in live-action, so it was decided to shoot it as an animated film. NBC wouldn't give Scheimer additional funds for animation, so he turned to Dino De Laurentiis, who agreed to give him money to complete the movie in return for helping him to secure the rights to make the theatrical film Flash Gordon (1980). NBC was so wowed by the animated film that they decided to shelve it, recut it and run it as the Saturday morning series Flash Gordon (1979). After the series ended its run, the original film was finally aired during prime-time in its entirety.
- Quotes
Princess Aura: Are all Earth men like you?
Flash Gordon: [defiant] Most of them.
- Crazy creditsThe cast list during the end credits mistakingly lists Ted Cassidy as voicing Vultan and David Opatoshu as Thun, while in fact it is the other way around.
- Alternate versionsThe animation in this made-for-television movie was recut, endlessly repeated, and added to, to make a Saturday morning cartoon series that lasted for two seasons.
- ConnectionsEdited from Flash Gordon (1979)
Featured review
Flash Gordon one of the greatest animation features of all
Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless who is secretly giving military technology to Hitler.
Despite Filmation reuse and overused of recycled cells (notably Ming laughing) this truly is one of Flash Gordon's greatest adventures. The setting and scenes ooze the imagination, with giant statues, palaces, space crafts and monsters. The 1980's live action movie borrows plenty from this Filmation film. Although shown in 22 December 1983 in the UK on ITV it was split up and used as the bases of the Saturday morning series Flash Gordon (1979).
Written by Samuel A. Peeples, whose credits include the original Star Trek series, its packed with great action set ups and array of memorable characters including the voice talent of Melendy Britt as Aura (later she voiced She-ra) and Ted Cassidy's Chewbacca lion like Thun. It's only short coming is that Dale Arden is sorely underused, reduced to a damsel in distress.
It's edgy has a great atmosphere and even delivers a twist ending that outdoes it's 1980's live action counterpart.
Despite Filmation reuse and overused of recycled cells (notably Ming laughing) this truly is one of Flash Gordon's greatest adventures. The setting and scenes ooze the imagination, with giant statues, palaces, space crafts and monsters. The 1980's live action movie borrows plenty from this Filmation film. Although shown in 22 December 1983 in the UK on ITV it was split up and used as the bases of the Saturday morning series Flash Gordon (1979).
Written by Samuel A. Peeples, whose credits include the original Star Trek series, its packed with great action set ups and array of memorable characters including the voice talent of Melendy Britt as Aura (later she voiced She-ra) and Ted Cassidy's Chewbacca lion like Thun. It's only short coming is that Dale Arden is sorely underused, reduced to a damsel in distress.
It's edgy has a great atmosphere and even delivers a twist ending that outdoes it's 1980's live action counterpart.
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- amesmonde
- Mar 23, 2016
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- As Aventuras de Flash Gordon
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982) officially released in Canada in English?
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