Other Titles • Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe • Perils From the Planet Mongo (1940) • Purple Death from Outer Space (1940) • Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe (1955) • Flash Gordon: The Peril From Planet Mongo (2002)
Synopses for Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
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Contains the original 12 episodes released by Universal Pictures of the sci-fi action serial based on the Alex Raymond comic strip, starring Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon. Episode titles: "The Purple Death," "Freezing Torture," "Walking Bombs," "The Destroying Ray," "The Palace Of Terror," "Flaming Death," "The Land Of The Death," "The Fiery Abyss," "The Pool Of Death," "The Death Mist," "Stark Treachery," and "Doom Of The Dictator."
(18 votes)
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A strange purple dust is killing off the population of Earth, leaving a telltale purple smudge on the foreheads of its victims! Together, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov trace the plague to the planet Mongo and archfiend Ming the Merciless! There's hope for the Earth, though, when the intrepid team discovers Polarite, the antidote to the pandemic, found only in the barren, cold reaches of Frigia. This collection of Flash Gordon serials finds Buster Crabbe teamed up with a different Dale Arden, but facing the usual array of strange creatures and spellbinding thrills. It's worth noting that Mongo looks a lot like Sherwood Forest, with its natives toting bows and arrows and wearing Robin Hood outfits. These installments of the series are unusually inventive, such as the scenes when Flash and company travel to the frozen wastelands of Frigia. The encounters with the Rock People and the "walking bombs" are also rather bizarre, even by today's standards. There's even a topical note to the story line, with a madman bent on genocide; the real-life people of Earth would face just such a threat a few short years later. It's the slam-bang pace and two-fisted action of Flash Gordon's adventures that kept audiences spellbound in the '30s, though, and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe certainly gave them their money's worth. --Jerry Renshaw
(16 votes)
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