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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) -- Flash and his friends return to planet Mongo for an antidote to the Purple Death. But Ming the Merciless has other plans for them...

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Directors:

Ford Beebe
Ray Taylor

Writers:

George H. Plympton (screenplay) &
Basil Dickey (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

3 March 1940 (USA) more

Tagline:

From the ALEX RAYMOND newspaper feature owned and copyrighted by King Features Syndicate (all of the original posters and cards) more

Plot:

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

User Comments:

A fun serial more (11 total)


Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe (USA) (TV title)
Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe (USA) (TV title)
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Runtime:

(12 episodes) | Brazil:220 min | UK:195 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #5874) | UK:U | Australia:G | Australia:PG (2008)


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Trivia:

This serial was based on a Flash Gordon comic strip continuity involving Prince Barin and his Tree People, of "Frigia". more

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Referenced in Watching the Detectives (2007) more


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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A fun serial, 18 June 2003
7/10
Author: (antiwolf) from Minneapolis

It's better than a lot of the dreck produced today. It is best not to watch it all at once, but watch one episode a day. When I consider how low the budget was, and how long ago this was made, it adds to the appreciation of this.

For example, making a cliff face look like a plausible ice wall by opening the iris wide to let in more light. It's full of cliches - sort of. But remember, they weren't cliche at the time.

It is interesting that Ming seems rather reasonable in this - not the over-the-top monster we have come to know and loath - and love!

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