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Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon
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Flash Gordon

5.8 / 10
1954
1 season
39 episodes
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Flash Gordon is a science fiction television series based on the characters of the Alex Raymond-created comic strip of the same name. Diverging from the storyline of the comics, the series set Flash, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov in the year 3203. As agents of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation, the team travels the galaxy in their ship the Sky Flash, battling cosmic villains under the order of Commander Paul Richards. The series was filmed in West Berlin and Marseille as a West German, French and American co-production by Intercontinental Television Films and Telediffusion. The series aired in syndication throughout most of the U.S. but also aired on the east coast on the DuMont Television Network. The series proved popular with American audiences and critical response, though sparse, was positive. Flash Gordon has garnered little modern critical attention. What little there is generally dismisses the series, although there has been some critical thought devoted to its presentation of Cold War and capitalist themes.

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Cast

S

Steve Holland

I

Irene Champlin

J

Joseph Nash

Henry Beckman

M

Marie Powers

Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Flash Gordon and the Planet of Death

    01-10-1954
  • Ep 2

    2.Escape into Time

    08-10-1954
  • Ep 3

    3.The Electro Man

    15-10-1954
  • Ep 4

    4.The Vengeance of Rabeed

    22-10-1954
  • Ep 5

    5.Akim the Terrible

    05-11-1954

    The Galactic Bureau of Investigation. This episode is about a planet ran by AKIM THE TERRIBLE, where it is a crime to help old or sick people who are being robbed.

  • Ep 6

    6.The Claim Jumpers

    12-11-1954

    In this episode, Flash Gordon and Dale Arden track down some mean space pirates and save Prospector Pete and beautiful daughter when the robbers come to steal Pete's huge precious...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Dancing Death

    19-11-1954
  • Ep 8

    8.The Breath of Death

    26-11-1954
  • Ep 9

    9.The Great Secret

    03-12-1954
  • Ep 10

    10.Return of the Androids

    10-12-1954
  • Ep 11

    11.The Frightened King

    17-12-1954
  • Ep 12

    12.The Deadly Deception

    24-12-1954
  • Ep 13

    13.Duel Against Darkness

    31-12-1954
  • Ep 14

    14.The Sound Gun

    14-01-1955
  • Ep 15

    15.The Weapon That Walked

    31-01-1955
  • Ep 16

    16.Mission to Masca

    04-02-1955
  • Ep 17

    17.The Lure of Light

    11-02-1955
  • Ep 18

    18.The Rains of Death

    18-02-1955
  • Ep 19

    19.Flash Gordon and the Race Against Time

    25-02-1955

    There is to be a vote on Mars to decided if the Galaxy Bureau of Investigation will continue. Flash, Dale and Zarkov have a stake in this because they work for the G.B.I. Flash mus...

  • Ep 20

    20.The Witch of Neptune

    04-03-1955
  • Ep 21

    21.Flash Gordon and the Brain Machine

    11-03-1955

    Continued from last episode where Zarkov and Commander Richards are caught destroying the atmosphere of Neptune. Flash and Dale replace the machine that returns the breathable atmo...

  • Ep 22

    22.Struggle to the End

    18-03-1955

    Flash Gordon pits himself against the mad witch, who is again trying to completely dominate the universe.

  • Ep 23

    23.The Water World Menace

    25-03-1955
  • Ep 24

    24.Saboteurs from Space

    01-04-1955
  • Ep 25

    25.The Forbidden Experiment

    08-04-1955

    Dr. Zarkov receives a call from an old friend on planet Zeta N1. He needs Zarkov to bring him some serum. When Zarkov gets there he finds his friend is dead and he is captured. Fla...

  • Ep 26

    26.Heat Wave

    15-04-1955
  • Ep 27

    27.The Hunger Invasion

    22-04-1955
  • Ep 28

    28.Encounter With Evil

    29-04-1955
  • Ep 29

    29.The Matter Duplicator

    06-05-1955
  • Ep 30

    30.The Micro-man Menace

    13-05-1955
  • Ep 31

    31.The Space Smugglers

    20-05-1955
  • Ep 32

    32.The Mystery of Phoros

    27-05-1955
  • Ep 33

    33.The Shadowy Death

    03-06-1955
  • Ep 34

    34.Death in the Negative

    10-06-1955
  • Ep 35

    35.The Earth's Core

    17-06-1955
  • Ep 36

    36.Deadline at Noon

    24-06-1955

    Flash, Dale and Zarkov have to go back in time to the 1950s to stop a bomb that is destroying planets in their time. They are chased through West Berlin showing post World War II B...

  • Ep 37

    37.The Law of Velorum

    01-07-1955
  • Ep 38

    38.The Skyjackers

    08-07-1955
  • Ep 39

    39.The Subworld Revenge

    15-07-1955

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