*Spoiler/plot- Purple Death from Outer Space, 1940. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov must go to the planet Mongo and fight the evil emperor Ming when a deadly 'Purple Death' plague breaks out on Earth. Victims only have a purple spot on their foreheads. Tracing the source, our heroes find out that Emperor Ming is still alive after their last battle. Ming wants to take Earth with his 'Death Dust' spread by his spaceships that will eventually destroy everyone on earth.
*Special Stars- Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Anne Gwynne, John Hamilton.
*Theme- Evil always loses in life.
*Trivia/location/goofs- Black & White. Re-edited theatrical serial episodes into for feature length film, Now public domain intellectual property.
*Emotion- Just more of the unbelievable and compromised production values of most theatrical serials of that era. It might be charming for unsophisticated for Saturday matinee kiddie crowd of the WW2 era.
*Based On- 30's pulp sci-fi magazines and comics.
*Special Stars- Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Anne Gwynne, John Hamilton.
*Theme- Evil always loses in life.
*Trivia/location/goofs- Black & White. Re-edited theatrical serial episodes into for feature length film, Now public domain intellectual property.
*Emotion- Just more of the unbelievable and compromised production values of most theatrical serials of that era. It might be charming for unsophisticated for Saturday matinee kiddie crowd of the WW2 era.
*Based On- 30's pulp sci-fi magazines and comics.