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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

NR 03/03/1940 Science Fiction, Action 3h 15m
58%
User
Score
6.6/10
88%

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Overview

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov.

Ford Beebe

Director

Ray Taylor

Director

George H. Plympton

Screenplay

Basil Dickey

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Buster Crabbe

Buster Crabbe

Flash Gordon

Carol Hughes

Carol Hughes

Dale Arden

Charles Middleton

Charles Middleton

Emperor Ming

Anne Gwynne

Anne Gwynne

Sonja

Frank Shannon

Frank Shannon

Dr. Zarkov

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Professor Gordon

Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Rawlinson

Dr. Frohmann

Tom Chatterton

Tom Chatterton

Professor Arden

Shirley Deane

Shirley Deane

Princess Aura

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Media

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) | Trailer | Buster Crabbe | Carol Hughes

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) | Trailer | Buster Crabbe | Carol Hughes

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Reviews

A review by talisencrw

Written on April 10, 2016

I love and have a great affinity for serials from the golden age of cinema, and this was definitely one of the better ones I have seen. Previously, I had really enjoyed Buster Crabbe's presence in the post-Weissmuller era of Tarzan, and I have had the DVD of Hodges' 1980 'Flash Gordon' for eons, but wanted to first get to the root of the phenomenon by checking out the serials. Fortunately, in purchasing a 50-film pack, 'Nightmare Worlds' from Mill Creek, it was included.

The 12 episodes of the 220-minute serial were well-edited into the fine flow that this version I saw had, and the special effects and production values were quite decent--you could tell it had been made both by a high-quality studio, in Universal, and by directors quite used to the serial format, in Ford Beebe and Ray T...

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