Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
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195 min
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.
- Release date
- March 3, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon
- Carol Hughes as Dale Arden
- Charles Middleton as Emperor Ming
- Anne Gwynne as Sonja [Chs. 2, 6-12]
- Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov
- John Hamilton as Prof. Gordon [Chs. 1, 4]
- Herbert Rawlinson as Dr. Frohmann [Chs. 1, 4]
- Tom Chatterton as Prof. Arden [Chs. 1, 4]
- Shirley Deane as Princess Aura
- Lee Powell as Capt. Roka
- Roland Drew as Prince Barin
- Don Rowan as Captain Torch
- Victor Zimmerman as Lieutenant Thong
- Edgar Edwards as Captain Turan
- Michael Mark as Professor Karm
- Earl Dwire as Janda
- Harry C. Bradley as Keedish
- Byron Foulger as Professor Drok
- William Royle as Captain Sudan
- Donald Curtis as Ronal (uncredited)
- Luli Deste as Queen Fria (uncredited)
- Ben Taggart as General Lupi (uncredited)
- Allan Cavan as Man with Thinking Brain (uncredited)
- Jack Roper as Man of Low Intellect (uncredited)
- Reed Howes as Barin's Ship #5 Commander (uncredited)
- Charles Sherlock as Guard Kroad (uncredited)
- Mala as Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
- Chief Yowlachie as King of the Rock People (uncredited)
Crew
- Ford Beebe · Director
- Ray Taylor · Director
- Alex Raymond · Writer
- Basil Dickey · Writer
- George H. Plympton · Writer
- Barry Shipman · Writer
- Jerome Ash · Cinematographer
- William A. Sickner · Cinematographer
- Joseph Gluck · Editor
- Saul A. Goodkind · Editor
- Louis Sackin · Editor
- Alvin Todd · Editor