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Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Approved  |   |  Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi  |  21 March 1938 (USA)
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When a deadly ray strikes Earth, Flash and his friends return to space to battle Ming the Merciless and his ally the queen of Mars.

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Richard Alexander ...
C. Montague Shaw ...
Clay King (as Montague Shaw)
Wheeler Oakman ...
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Airdrome Captain (as Kenneth Duncan)
Warner Richmond ...
Zandar
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Bomber Captain [Chs. 4-5, 13]
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Flight Commander [Chs. 2-3]
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Ben Lewis ...
Professor [Ch. 1]
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Flash, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov return from their former space adventures only to find that their enemy, Ming the Merciless of planet Mongo, has a new weapon: a deadly ray that crosses space to wreak havoc on earth. Earth's only hope is for our heroes to take off again and stop the ray at its source on Mars, where they (and a stowaway) must battle Ming's ally, Queen Azura, who turns her enemies into lumpish clay people. Can they survive 15 chapters of deadly perils? Find out next week... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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Space Soldiers' Trip to Mars  »

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Trivia

Much of the background music was originally used in Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Also, the song that played in the background during the sequence recapping the previous chapter's events was the theme for The Invisible Man (1933). See more »

Goofs

In one scene where Queen Azura vanishes, you can see her run before the flash powder used for the effect ignites. See more »

Quotes

Emperor Ming: Take him to the Disintegrating Room.
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Connections

Referenced in Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

Romeo and Juliet Overture
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(Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
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remembered even years later
15 February 2002 | by (Las Vegas, Nevada) – See all my reviews

First saw this serial as a child.....remembered it when I saw it as an adult......even remembered the music......how about that!

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