Flash Gordon: Space Soldier (1936)

Director
Frederick Stephani; Ray Taylor

Main cast
Buster Crabbe; Jean Rogers; Charles Middleton; Priscilla Lawson; Frank Shannon

Genres
Action, Sci-Fi

Description
Three earthlings visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless.


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