The Space Adventures of Flash Gordon (1954)
1954 · Television · 26 min · dir. Joseph Zigman
- Sci-Fi
Synopsis
This is episode number 5 of the one and only season of the original Flash Gordon television series from the 1950's. In this episode King Akim rules over a planet where cruelty, hate, and lawlessness are virtues and murder is commonplace. A G.B.I. agent is sent to investigate, but Akim the Terrible brainwashes him and orders the agent to assassinate Flash Gordon.
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- Director
- Joseph Zigman
- Running time
- 26 minutes
Cast & crew
- Joseph Zigman Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Heil Flash! · Spuzz · 2008-08-08
In this episode of the terribly odd series Flash Gordon, we learn of a planet called Kares, or something like that, where Bad is Good! Good is Bad! the space commission sends a representative to check things out, but he is kidnapped, and forced into um, a strobing chair.. Now he is bad! And he's instructed to kill Flash Gordon! Oh Noes! All of this is plain odd. The planet looks like it was decorated by a six year old. the alien costumes are just strange, the actors are pretty odd themselves (especially the guy playing the space rep) and the acting is sometimes laughable. Check out when Flash…
★★ · Akim the Terrible (Flash Gordon). · richgoup · 2011-10-24
Season 1, episode 5. Original air date: 5 November 1954. The space patrol sends Flash`s best friend to investigate a planet where it is reported that mercy is a crime and the weak are exploited. the agent is captured, brainwashed and sent back to murder Flash. Thanks to Dale`s timely intervention, Flash survives the attack, and the pair are sent back to the world to learn how Flash`s friend was tricked into trying to assassinate his friend. Cast: Steve Holland (Flash Gordon), Irene Champlin (Dale Arden) and Joe Nash (Dr. Hans Zarkov). From IMDB.
"The Space Adventures of Flash Gordon" · Cameron Banfield · 2015-08-20
Episode 105 – Akim the Terrible The philosophical series narrator hurtles viewers through the cosmos to the bleak planet of Karin, where all that is evil is considered good, and where honest humans must hide in fear due to their noble acts. A representative from the Galaxy Bureau of Investigations who comes highly praised by Flash Gordon is sent to investigate the evil leader of the black planet, King Akim. Trouble befalls him immediately upon arrival, and it’s up to Flash to save his colleague while aligning the planets towards justice. As a series, “The Space Adventures of Flash Gordon”…