Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
(1940)
Approximately 237 minutes in 12 chapters
Action / Adventure / Serial / Science Fiction
Directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor
Cast:
Larry 'Buster' Crabbe as Flash Gordon
Carol Hughes as Dale Arden
Anne Gwynne as Lady Sonja
Charles Middleton as Ming the Merciless
Frank Shannon as Dr. Hans Zarkov
Roland Drew as Prince Barin
Shirley Deane as Princess Aura
Donald Curtis as Captain Ronal
Lee Powell as Roka
Ron Rowan as Officer Torch
Victor Zimmerman as Officer Thong
Edgar Edwards as Captain Turan
William Royale as Captain Sudan
Sigurd Nilssen as Count Korro
Luli Deste as Queen Fria
Michael Mark as Professor Karm
Byron Foulger as Professor Druk
Ray Mala as Prince of the Rock People
Flash continues to fight against arch enemy Ming the Merciless, who plots to destroy Earth with a Purple Death Dust.
The Earth is dying! A rocket hovering over the planet is dropping purple dust into the atmosphere, causing instant death! The Earth is dying! A rocket hovering over the planet is dropping purple dust into the atmosphere, causing instant death!
Blasting off to save humanity are Flash Gordon (Larry 'Buster ' Crabbe), Dale Arden (Carol Hughes) and Dr. Hans Zarkov (Frank Shannon), three inter-planetary adventurers who head back to Mongo, the source of the plague. Upon landing, Flash discovers that none other than their arch enemy, Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton), is the madman behind the mountainous wastelands of frozen Frigia. Eluding imminent capture, Flash and his com-rades head north, closely pursued by Ming's soldiers who have been ordered to stop the heroic earthman, no matter what the cost.
Can Flash defy the odds and save the Earth from the treacherous dictator's master plan - the complete and utter subjugation of the entire universe? The answers lie in 12 astounding episodes of intergalactic action and adventure, Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe!
Chapters:
Chapter 01 - The Purple Death
Chapter 02 - Freezing Torture
Chapter 03 - Walking Bombs!
Chapter 04 - The Destroying Ray
Chapter 05 - The Palace of Horror
Chapter 06 - Flaming Death
Chapter 07 - The Land of the Dead
Chapter 08 - The Fiery Abyss
Chapter 09 - The Pool of Peril
Chapter 10 - The Death Mist
Chapter 11 - Stark Treachery!
Chapter 12 - Doom of the Dictator
