
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
5.6|3 Mar, 1940|195 min
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5.6|3 Mar, 1940|195 min
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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.
Keywords
based on comic
rocket ship
movie serial
plague
flash gordon
Casts

Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon

Carol Hughes
Dale Arden

Charles Middleton
Emperor Ming

Anne Gwynne
Sonja

Frank Shannon
Dr. Zarkov

John Hamilton
Professor Gordon

Herbert Rawlinson
Dr. Frohmann

Tom Chatterton
Professor Arden

Shirley Deane
Princess Aura

Lee Powell
Captain Roka

Roland Drew
Prince Barin

Don Rowan
Captain Torch
Victor Zimmerman
Lieutenant Thong

Edgar Edwards
Captain Turan

Michael Mark
Professor Karm

Earl Dwire
Janda

Harry C. Bradley
Keedish
Sigurd Nilssen
Count Korro
Mimi Taylor
Verna

Byron Foulger
Professor Drok

William Royle
Captain Sudan

Donald Curtis
Ronal (uncredited)

Luli Deste
Queen Fria (uncredited)

Ben Taggart
General Lupi (uncredited)
Allan Cavan
Man with Thinking Brain (uncredited)
Jack Roper
Man of Low Intellect (uncredited)

Reed Howes
Barin's Ship #5 Commander (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock
Guard Kroad (uncredited)

Mala
Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)

Chief Yowlachie
King of the Rock People (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
Professor Gordon's Radio Operator (uncredited)
Joey Ray
Professor Gordon's Assistant (uncredited)

Roy Barcroft
Ming's Soldier / Arborian Sentry (uncredited)

Lane Chandler
Ming's Soldier (uncredited)

Gene Rizzi
Ming's Soldier (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers
Scientist (uncredited)

John Elliott
Scientist (uncredited)
Jack George
Scientist (uncredited)

Jean Brooks
Olga (uncredited)
Carmen D'Antonio
Ming's Dancing Girl (uncredited)
Vivian Mason
Ming's Gong Girl (uncredited)

Ernie Adams
(uncredited)
Clarice Sherry
(uncredited)

Tom Steele
Ming's Pilot (uncredited)

Eddie Parker
Arborian Prison Guard (uncredited)
Bill Hunter
Guard (uncredited)
Robert Blair
(uncredited)
Harold Daniels
(uncredited)

Pat Gleason
(uncredited)
Ernie Payson
(uncredited)
Paul Reed
(uncredited)
Charles Waldron Jr.
(uncredited)
Saul A. Goodkind
Various Characters (voice) (uncredited)
Crews

Ford Beebe
Director

Ray Taylor
Director
George H. Plympton
Screenplay
William A. Sickner
Director of Photography
Saul A. Goodkind
Supervising Editor
Barry Shipman
Screenplay
Harold H. MacArthur
Art Direction
Louis Sackin
Editor
Basil Dickey
Screenplay
Jerome Ash
Director of Photography
Alvin Todd
Editor
Joseph Gluck
Editor
Henry MacRae
Associate Producer
Alex Raymond
Characters
Backdrops & Posters
