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3 March 1940 (USA) moreTagline:
From the ALEX RAYMOND newspaper feature owned and copyrighted by King Features Syndicate (all of the original posters and cards) morePlot:
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 synopsisUser Comments:
Democracy v Nazis in space moreCast
(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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(12 episodes) | Brazil:220 min | UK:195 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Fun Stuff
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This serial was based on a Flash Gordon comic strip continuity involving Prince Barin and his Tree People, of "Frigia". moreSoundtrack:
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This needs reviving. In retrospect you see the point Republic were making. Its full of references which an audience contemporary with the 1940 production would have understood. The title music is Listz's Prelude 2. This was familiar from reports from Nazi Germany and Nuremberg rallies where it had been used repeatedly to glorify German power. Ming where's a white uniform identical to Mussolini of Fascist Italy. Largely gone is Ming's overt evil and sadistic attitudes in favour of a Messianic belief of unifying the universe under one rule will bring peace and prosperity. Despite the method required will be warfare to attain this. Buster Crabb repeatedly makes remarks about liberty and freedom. He also informs races from different planets that they must unite against the evils and dangers of a conqueror. The people of Saturn are represented by Chinese actors and Ming is fanatical in his wish to conquerer Saturn. This is a reference to the millions killed by the Japanese in Manchuria and China. Also a reference to the Axis pact between Germany and Japan demonstrating the necessity of nations to unite to defeat conquerors who are in alliance with each other.