Flesh Gordon

Flesh Gordon
Special collector's DVD artwork by George Barr
Directed by	Michael Benveniste Howard Ziehm
Written by	Michael Benveniste
Produced by	Walter R. Cichy Bill Osco Howard Ziehm
Starring	Jason Williams Suzanne Fields Joseph Hudgins William Dennis Hunt Candy Samples Mycle Brandy John Hoyt
Narrated by	Robert V. Greene
Cinematography	Howard Ziehm
Edited by	Abbas Amin
Music by	Ralph Ferraro
Production company	Graffiti Productions
Distributed by	Mammoth Films
Release date	July 30, 1974 (1974-07-30)
Running time	78 minutes 90 minutes (Collector's edition)[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$470,000
Box office	$5.3 million (US and Canadian rentals)[2][3]

Flesh Gordon is a 1974 American superhero sex comedy feature film serving as a spoof of Universal Pictures's first (of three) Flash Gordon serial films from the 1930s. The film was produced by Walter R. Cichy, Bill Osco, and Howard Ziehm. It was co-directed by Ziehm and Michael Benveniste, who also wrote the screenplay. The cast includes Gregory Loquist, Suzanne Fields, John Hoyt and William Dennis Hunt. It was distributed by Mammoth Films.

The storyline is reminiscent of the first Universal Pictures Flash Gordon serial Flash Gordon (1936), but written and directed with a purposely campy adult flavor. The planet Porno (in the serial: Mongo) and major characters are suggestive innuendos: the hero Flesh Gordon (Flash Gordon); his love interest Dale Ardor (Dale Arden); the evil Emperor Wang the Perverted (Ming the Merciless); scientist Dr. Flexi Jerkoff (Dr. Alexi Zarkov); seductive Amora, queen of Magic (Ming's daughter Aura); and gay Prince Precious (Prince Barin). The film features production values comparable to the original serial, but with stop-motion animation of creatures, frequent use of gratuitous nudity, and brief sex scenes.