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3 March 1940 (USA)
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From the ALEX RAYMOND newspaper feature owned and copyrighted by King Features Syndicate (all of the original posters and cards) more
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Flash and his friends return to planet Mongo for an antidote to the Purple Death. But Ming the Merciless has other plans for them... full summary | add synopsis
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Thoroughly trashy but a lot of fun
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Buster Crabbe | ... | Flash Gordon (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe) | |
| Carol Hughes | ... | Dale Arden | |
| Charles Middleton | ... | Emperor Ming | |
| Anne Gwynne | ... | Sonja [Chs. 2, 6-12] | |
| Frank Shannon | ... | Dr. Zarkov | |
| John Hamilton | ... | Prof. Gordon [Chs. 1, 4] | |
| Herbert Rawlinson | ... | Dr. Frohmann [Chs. 1, 4] | |
| Tom Chatterton | ... | Prof. Arden [Chs. 1, 4] | |
| Shirley Deane | ... | Princess Aura | |
| Lee Powell | ... | Capt. Roka | |
| Roland Drew | ... | Prince Barin | |
| Don Rowan | ... | Capt. Torch | |
| Victor Zimmerman | ... | Lt. Thong | |
| Edgar Edwards | ... | Capt. Turan | |
| Ben Taggart | ... | Gen. Lupi [Chs. 1-2] |
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Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe (USA) (TV title)
Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe (USA) (TV title)
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Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe (USA) (TV title)
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(12 episodes) | Brazil:220 min | UK:195 min
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Chapter Titles: - 1. The Purple Death - 2. Freezing Torture - 3. Walking Bombs - 4. The Destroying Ray - 5. The Palace of Peril - 6. Flaming Death - 7. Land of the Dead - 8. The Fiery Abyss - 9. The Pool of Peril - 10. The Death Mist - 11. Stark Treachery - 12. Doom of the Dictator
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Edited from Just Imagine (1930)
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I'm sure that even when this came out a lot of the stuff in this serial seemed pretty silly. But if you watch it, especially if you watch it as it was meant to be watched, one chapter at a time with a break in between, you'll probably find yourself getting into the cliff hangers, and occasionally dazzled by the occasionally sumptuous production values (huge pile of writhing dancing girls, snow mountain photography) and the sometimes ingenious special effects (those mud men always make me jump).
The rest of the time, sit back & laugh.
They must have known that they were stretching the premise when they made this, the third and last Flash Gordon serial, but the plot pretty much hangs together if you choose to pay attention to it (which can be hard, a lot of explanations are pretty rushed), and the performances are mostly good.