Cast/Crew:

Sam J. Jones .... Flash Gordon
Melody Anderson .... Dale Arden
Max von Sydow ....  Ming
Topol .... Zarkov
Ornella Muti .... Princess Aura
Timothy Dalton .... Prince Barin
Brian Blessed .... Prince Vultan
Peter Wyngarde .... Klytus

Directed by
Mike Hodges (I) 

Writing credits
Michael Allin  (adaptation)
Lorenzo Semple Jr. 

"Flash aaaaaaaaaaaa

Synopsis:

With the earth being destroyed by the evil Emperor Ming its upto Flash to save the day and the planet and the girl and change the entire social structure of a large number of individual worlds from a tyrannical dictatorship to the of a democratic organisation headed by a man in green tights and protected by a large, loud person with fake wings and a big beard.

"DIVE...!!"