Universal Studios released director Mike Hodges’ glitzy sci-fi spectacle Flash Gordon on this date in 1980. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis and based on the comic strip created by Alex Raymond, the movie stars Sam J. Jones (Flash Gordon), Max von Sydow (Ming the Merciless), Melody Anderson (Dale Arden), Topol (Dr. Hans Zarkov), Ornella Muti (Princess Aura), Timothy Dalton (Prince Barin), Brain Blessed (Prince Vultan), and Peter Wyngarde (General Klytus). Ronnie Coltrane, Richard Timothy Smith, William Hootkins, and John Osborne also appear. The rock group Queen composed and performed the film’s soundtrack.
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