Despite working in TV and film for over 30 years, Sam J Jones will forever be known as Flash Gordon. The 1980 adaptation of the classic sci-fi comic strip wasn’t a massive hit on it’s initial release, ...

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Sam J. Jones will forever be associated with his iconic role as American football star-turned “saviour of the universe” Flash Gordon. It’s a character which has been firmly ingrained in the pop ...

Toying with the Earth in the opening sequence of Flash Gordon, interplanetary tyrant Ming the Merciless creates carnage from his spaceship, using a console that very clearly labels various options for ...