Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ford Beebe Robert F. Hill Frederick Stephani (uncredited)
Written by	Ray Trampe Norman S. Hall Wyndham Gittens Herbert Dalmas
Based on	Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond
Starring	Buster Crabbe Jean Rogers Charles B. Middleton Frank Shannon Beatrice Roberts
Cinematography	Jerome Ash
Production company	Universal Pictures King Features Syndicate
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 21, 1938 (1938-03-21)
Running time	15 chapters (299 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars is a 1938 Universal Pictures 15–chapter science-fiction movie serial based on the syndicated newspaper comic strip Flash Gordon.^[1] It is the second of the three Flash Gordon serials made by Universal between 1936 and 1940. The main cast from the first serial reprise their roles: Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, Jean Rogers as Dale Arden, Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov, Charles B. Middleton as Ming the Merciless, and Richard Alexander as Prince Barin. Also in the principal cast are Beatrice Roberts as Queen Azura, Donald Kerr as Happy Hapgood, Montague Shaw as the Clay King, and Wheeler Oakman as Ming's chief henchman. The serial was followed by Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940).