PRODUCTION
Production Company: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group / Starling Films
Executive Producer: Bernard Williams
Production Executive: Stanley Sopel
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Production Managers: Alexander De Grunwald, David Anderson, Clifton Brandon, Clive Reed

SCRIPT
Script: Lorenzo Semple Jr
Adaptation: Michael Allin
Comic Strip: Alex Raymond

DIRECTION
Director: Mike Hodges
2nd Unit Director: William Kronick
1st Assistant Director: Brian W. Cook
2nd Assistant Directors: Terry Needham, Michael Stevenson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Gil Taylor
Additional Director of Photography: Harry Waxman
Camera Operators: Gordon Hayman, Roy Ford
Focus: David Budd, Peter Taylor
Gaffer: Micky Wilson
Supervising Electrician: Maurice Gillett
Stills: Bob Penn
Laboratory Coordinator: Bill Lindemann
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Malcolm Cooke
Assistant Editors: David Hitchcock, Derek Trigg, Jeremy Hume, Michael Greenleaf, Rita Burgess

MUSIC
Music: Howard Blake
Songs: Queen (John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor)
Music Recordists: Alan Douglas, Eric Tomlinson, John Richards
Music Editor: Robin Clarke

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Ivan Sharrock
Boom Operator: Ken Weston
Sound Editor: Jonathan Bates
Dubbing Mixers: Gerry Humphreys, Robin O'Donoghue
Dialogue Editor: Ian Fuller
Footsteps Editor: Michael Crouch
Stereo Sound Consultant: Dolby: John Iles

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Massimo De Rossi, Mario Di Salvio, Richard Mills, Jane Royle
Hair: Giusy Bovino, Betty Glasow
Costumes: Danilo Donati, Franco Antonelli, David Perry
Costume Design Assistant: David Perry
Costume Makers: Bruno Lenzi, David Terry, Giampiero Grassi, Julian Gilbert, Michael Jones, Riccarda Pierconti
Costumer: Franco Antonelli
Wardrobe Supervisor: Ron Beck
Wardrobe Mistress: Janet Tebrooke
Wardrobe Assistants: Keith Morton, Patrick Wheatley, Renee Heimers

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Van der Veer Photo Effects
Supervising Special Effects: George Gibbs
Senior Special Effects Technician: Garth Inns
Special Effects Consultant: Glen Robinson
Special Effects: Richard Conway, Derek Botell, Chris Kelly, Glen Robinson
Special Effects Assistants: David Watson, Michael White, Pierre Tilley
Special Effects Editor: Chris Kelly
Brain Drain Sequence Director: Denis Postle
Special Flying Effects: Derek Botell

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Photographic Effects Supervisor: Frank Van der Veer
Assistant Special Photographic Effects: Barry Nolan
Blue Screen Composites: Greg van Der Veer
Matte Painters: Louis Lichtenfield, Robert Scifo
Optical Cameramen: Hugh Wade, Ray Monahan
Optical Technicians: Dick Ramirez, Lyn Gerry, Ralph Gordon, Rick Rothbart
Titles: Richard Greenberg

Model Unit
Model Special Effects: Richard Conway
Model Makers: Bill Pearson, Christine Overs, Don Sargent, Martin Bower
Visual Effects Miniatures: Jon Sorensen (uncredited)
Art Director: Norman Dorme

Skies and Clouds Unit
Skies Special Effects: Richard Conway
Camera Operator: David Litchfield
Lightning Camera: Harry Oakes
Focus: Terry Pearce
Artists: Count Ul De Rico, Tom Adams

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Supervising Art Director: John Graysmark
Art Director: Norman Dorme
Assistant Art Directors: Giorgio Postiglione, John Penner, Ken Court, Steve Spence, Ted Clements, Tony Reading
Set Decorator: Danilo Donati
Production Buyer: Dennis Griffin
Property Master: Andy Andrews
Stand-By Propman: Jack Towns
Construction Supervisor: Vic Simpson
Construction Managers: Aldo Puccini, Len Furey, Tony Graysmark
Scenic Artist: Ted Michell
Illustrators: Emanuela Alteri, Giovanna Lombardo, Mentor C. Huebner
Sculptors: Arthur Healey, Galliano Donati, Giulio Tamassy, Peter Voysey

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: June Randall
Production Accountant: Len Barnard
Assistant Accountant: Mary Breen-Farrelly
Production Assistants: Golda Offenheim, Josephine Knowles
Administative Assistants: Diana Bull, Jerry Cormier
Personal Assistant to the Director: Sandy Molloy
Drama And Dialogue Coaches: Barbara Markham, John Burgess
Marketing Director: Charles Lippincott
Publicists: Gordon Arnell, June Broom
Transportation Captain: Gerald Makein

LOCATIONS
Locations: Breakish, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK

CASTING
Casting (UK): Mary Selway
Casting (USA): Michael McLean

CAST
Sam Jones (Flash Gordon)
Melody Anderson (Dale Arden)
Max von Sydow (Emperor Ming)
Topol (Doctor 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 (High Priest Zogi)
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 (Treeman)
Tessa, Venetia Spicer (Hawkwomen)
Francis Mughan (wounded Hawkman)
Oliver MacGreevy (Klytus observer 1)
John Hollis (Klytus observer 2)
Paul Bentall (Klytus' pilot)
Leon Greene (Colonel of battle control room)
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, Marie Green, Imogen Claire, Kay Zimmerman, Frederick Warder, Stephen Brigden, Lionel Guyett, Ken Robertson (special movements)
Andrew Bradford, Bertram Adams, Terry Forestal, Mike Potter, John Sullivan, Eddie Stacey, John Lees, Roy Scammel (Hawkmen)
Kathy Marquis, Sophie, Kathy September, Glenna Forster-Jones (Sandmoon girls)
Roseanne Romine, Sneh, Magda, Shaka, Lindy, Viva, Beverly Andrews, Frances Ward, Kerry-Lou Baylis, Camella (Cytherian girls)
Miranda Riley (Frigian girl)
Lorraine Paul, Carolyn Evans, Celeste, Tina Thomas, Ruthie Barnett (Aquarian girls)
Joe Iles, Trevor Ward, Alva Shelley, Nik Abraham, Leonard Hay, Glen Whittler (Ardentian men)
Jamalia, Jill Lamb, Sunanka, Karen Johnson (serving girls in Ming's chamber)
Gina, Raquel, Fai (exotic girls in Ming's bedchamber)
Malcolm Dixon, Tiny Ross, Mike Edmonds, John Ghavan, Rusty Goffe, Richard Jones, Mike Cottrell, Peter Burroughs, John Lummiss, Kenny Baker (dwarves)
Bob Goody, Daniel Venn, Peter St James, Max Alford, Stephen Calcutt, Anthony Olivier, Jim Carter, Stuart Blake, Nigel Jeffcoat, Steven Payne (Azurian men)
Chris Webb, Leslie Crawford, Peter Brace, Terry Richards, John Gallant, Eddie Powell (Ming's brutes)

Action and Movement Coordinator: William Hobbs

The evil Emperor Ming from the planet Mongo launches an attack on the Earth using a weapon that causes natural disasters. football hero Flash Gordon travels to Mongo with the beautiful dale Arden and scientist Dr Zarkov. Once there, Ming decides that he wants Dale for his bride, Flash is pursued by Ming's daughter and the feuding tribes of Mongo have to be united in resistance to Ming before it's too late for the Earth...

UK
Laserdisc Distributor: Pioneer (PLFEB 37191)