"Pathetic earthlings...who can save you now?"
Story
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Runtime
111 min.
Director
Mike Hodges
Cast / Superheroes
| Sam J. Jones | Flash Gordon |
| Melody Anderson | Dale Arden |
| Max von Sydow | The Emperor Ming |
| Topol | Dr. Hans Zarkov |
| Ornella Muti | Princess Aura |
| Timothy Dalton | Prince Barin |
| Brian Blessed | Prince Vultan |
| Peter Wyngarde | Klytus |
| Mariangela Melato | Kala |
| John Osborne | Arborian Priest |
| Richard O'Brien | Fico |
| John Hallam | Luro |
| Philip Stone | Zogi, the High Priest |
| Suzanne Danielle | Serving Girl |
| William Hootkins | Munson |
| Bobbie Brown | Hedonia |
| Ted Carroll | Biro |
| Adrienne Kronenberg | Vultan's Daughter |
| Stanley Lebor | Mongon Doctor |
| John Morton | Airline Pilot |
| Burnell Tucker | Airline Co-Pilot |
| Robbie Coltrane | Man at Airfield |
| Peter Duncan | Young Treeman |
| Ken Sicklen | A Treeman |
| Tessa Hewitt | Hawk Woman |
| Venetia Spicer | Hawk Woman |
| Francis Mughan | Wounded Hawkman |
| Oliver MacGreevy | Klytus Observer No. 1 |
| John Hollis | Klytus Observer No. 2 |
| Paul Bentall | Klytus' Pilot |
| Leon Greene | Colonel of Battle Control |
| Graeme Crowther | Battle Room Controller |
| Tony Scannell | Ming's Officer |
| David Neal | Captain of Ming's Air Force |
| Bogdan Kominowski | Lieutenant of Ming's Air Force |
| George Harris | Prince of Ardentia |
| Colin Taylor | King of Frigia |
| Doretta Dunkley | Queen of Frigia |
| Sally Nicholson | Queen of Azuria |
| Deep Roy | Princess Aura's Pet |
| Michelle Mildwater | Special Movement |
| Marie Green | Special Movement |
| Imogen Claire | Special Movement |
| Kay Zimmerman | Special Movement |
| Frederick Warder | Special Movement |
| Stephen Brigden | Special Movement |
| Lionel Guyett | Special Movement |
| Ken Robertson | Special Movement |
| Andy Bradford | Hawkman |
| Bertram Adams | Hawkman |
| Terry Forrestal | Hawkman |
| Mike Potter | Hawkman |
| John Sullivan | Hawkman |
| Eddie Stacey | Hawkman |
| John Lees | Hawkman |
| Roy Scammell | Hawkman |
| Kathy Marquis | Sandmoon Girl |
| Sophie | Sandmoon Girl |
| Kathy September | Sandmoon Girl |
| Glenna Forster-Jones | Sandmoon Girl |
| Roseanne Romine | Cytherian Girl |
| Snehal Patel | Cytherian Girl |
| Magda | Cytherian Girl |
| Shaka | Cytherian Girl |
| Lindy | Cytherian Girl |
| Viva | Cytherian Girl |
| Beverly Andrews | Cytherian Girl |
| Frances Ward | Cytherian Girl |
| Kerry-Lou Baylis | Cytherian Girl |
| Camella | Cytherian Girl |
| Eddie Powell | Ming's Brute |
| Jill Goldston | Flashback Friend of Dr. Hans Zarkov (uncredited) |
| Barrie Holland | Air Force Officer (uncredited) |
