Rent Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Vol.1 (1940)
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4h 0min
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- Synopsis:
A deadly plague is ravaging the Earth, known as the Purple Death. Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) learns that Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) is behind the plague. Along with Dr. Alexis Zarkov (Frank Shannon) and Dale Arden (Carol Hughes), he travels to the planet Mongo to find a cure, first seeking the assistance of Prince Barin (Roland Drew).They find an antidote, called Polarite, which they must get back to Earth in sufficient quantities to stop the plague. Ming sends in an army of robot bombs, and captures Zarkov and Dale. Flash must return to Earth to distribute the antidote then returns to Mongo to free Zarkov and Dale. They continue their struggles against Ming and Captain Torch (Don Rowan), eventually ending Ming's tyrannical reign forever. Prince Barin soon takes his rightful place as the peaceful ruler of Mongo. Ming's last words to Flash are "I am the universe!" Zarkov replies that with Ming's death "Flash Gordon has conquered the universe". - Actors:
- Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Anne Gwynne, Frank Shannon, John Hamilton, Herbert Rawlinson, Tom Chatterton, Shirley Deane, Lee Powell, Roland Drew, Don Rowan, Victor Zimmerman, Edgar Edwards, Ben Taggart, Michael Mark, Earl Dwire, Harry C. Bradley, Sigurd Nilssen, Mimi Taylor
- Directors:
- Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
- Producers:
- Henry MacRae
- Writers:
- George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Barry Shipman, Alex Raymond
- Aka:
- Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe
- Studio:
- Renown Pictures
- Genres:
- TV Action & Adventure, TV Children & Family, TV Classics, TV Dramas, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
