Mike Hodges

Intentionally camp, sci-fi space adventure adapted from the 1930s comic strip, featuring a soundtrack by Queen. American Football player Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) travels to the planet Mongo and finds himself battling Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow) to save Earth.

When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter (Michael Caine) travels to Newcastle to investigate.