Film · Action, Science Fiction
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
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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.
- Director
- Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
- Writers
- Basil Dickey, Barry Shipman, George H. Plympton
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- March 3, 1940
Cast
Buster CrabbeFlash Gordon
Carol HughesDale Arden
Charles MiddletonEmperor Ming
Anne GwynneSonja
Frank ShannonDr. Zarkov
John HamiltonProfessor Gordon
Herbert RawlinsonDr. Frohmann
Tom ChattertonProfessor Arden
Shirley DeanePrincess Aura
Lee PowellCaptain Roka
Roland DrewPrince Barin
Don RowanCaptain Torch- Victor ZimmermanLieutenant Thong
Edgar EdwardsCaptain Turan
Michael MarkProfessor Karm
Earl DwireJanda
Harry C. BradleyKeedish- Sigurd NilssenCount Korro
- Mimi TaylorVerna
Byron FoulgerProfessor Drok
