Flesh Gordon (1974)

Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football ... See full summary »

Directors:

Michael Benveniste, Howard Ziehm

Writer:

Michael Benveniste (screenplay)

Stars:

Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields, Joseph Hudgins

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Williams	...	Flesh Gordon
Suzanne Fields	...	Dale Ardor
Joseph Hudgins	...	Dr. Flexi Jerkoff
William Dennis Hunt	...	Emperor Wang the Perverted (as William Hunt)
Candy Samples	...	Chief Nellie (as Mary Gavin)
Mycle Brandy	...	Prince Precious
Steve Grumette	...	Priest (as Steve Grummette)
Nora Wieternik	...	Queen Amora
Lance Larsen	...	Emperor Wang's Guard
Judy Ziehm	...	Zerig
Leonard Goodman
Donald Lee Harris	...	(as Don Harris)
Howard Alexander	...	Balding Airplane Passenger
John Rowe	...	(as Jack Rowe)
Alan Sinclair

Storyline

Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon. Along with his girlfriend Dale Ardent and Professor Flexi-Jerkoff, they set off towards the source of the Sex Ray, unaware of the perils that face them!

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Plot Keywords:

sex | parody | emperor | erotic comedy | midnight movie | 

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Taglines:

The Space Age Sex Spoof that is out of this World!

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 July 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Flesh Gordon - Andata e ritorno... al pianeta Korno!

Filming Locations:

Producers Studios - 5330 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$700,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Graffiti Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min 90 min (collector's edition) 72 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (in Metro Color) (credited on poster only)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The enduring popularity of the film has led to several pieces of merchandising including resin kit models of the monsters, a 1982 home video game, and a 1992 comic book series.

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Goofs

After Flesh, Dale and Jerkoff's brief orgy on the way to the planet Porno, Dale is seen starting to get dressed. In the next shot she is naked again, and stays naked until Jerkoff gives her something to wear.

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Quotes

Emperor Wang the Perverted: Out of my way, dildo!

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Alternate Versions

The 1988 UK video release was cut by 1 min 16 secs by the BBFC to heavily edit the forced seduction of Dale by one of the lesbian warrior women and to remove a closeup of the shaved pubic region of one of Chief Nellie's guards. The 2001 widescreen Special Edition DVD is fully uncut.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Spaced Invaders (2016)

User Reviews

The original campy classic salute to bad movies

Anyone who doesn't like this movie, doesn't get it.

The directing is flat, the acting just plain awful, the makeup worse. yet 30 years after it was released, Flesh Gordon is still the funniest, cheesiest spoof of genre films outside The Simpsons.

Where else are you going to find alien sex rays, rapist robots, matching eye and nipple patches, and a narcissistic Harryhausenesque demon who would be perfectly at home in a disco if he weren't green, 40 feet tall and covered with scales?

The surprisingly good art direction (on a shoestring budget) and Hanna-Barbara sound effects finish the package.

In short, unless you're some easily-offended Christian republican in search of something to complain about, this is must-see material. And come to think about it, even if you are, you need to see it.