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Category: Action
All Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Release Year: 1940
Country: USA
Runtime: 220
Rating: 4.8 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Ford BeebeRay Taylor
Sound: Mono
Taglines:From the ALEX RAYMOND newspaper feature owned and copyrighted by King Features Syndicate (all of the original posters and cards) ZOOMING OFF THE EARTH! - Sky-Rocketing Through Space...Braving New Perils Of The Stratosphere! NEW THRILLS! NEW MARVELS! NEW WONDERS! in 12 NEW Dynamic Episodes New Thrills...New Marvels, New Wonders New Thrills!...New Marvels, New Wonders ZOOMING Off The Earth! New Thrills...New Marvels, New Wonders
Writing by: Alex Raymond - (comic strip)
George H. Plympton - (screenplay) &
Basil Dickey - (screenplay) and
Barry Shipman - (screenplay)
Produced by: Henry MacRae - associate producer
Cast: Buster Crabbe - Flash Gordon (as Larry Buster Crabbe)
Carol Hughes - Dale Arden
Charles Middleton - Emperor Ming
Anne Gwynne - Sonja [Chs. 2, 6-12]
Frank Shannon - Dr. Zarkov
John Hamilton - Prof. Gordon [Chs. 1, 4]
Herbert Rawlinson - Dr. Frohmann [Chs. 1, 4]
Tom Chatterton - Prof. Arden [Chs. 1, 4]
Shirley Deane - Princess Aura
Lee Powell - Captain Roka
Roland Drew - Prince Barin
Music: Christopher L. Stone
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: Flash and his friends return to planet Mongo for an antidote to the Purple Death. But Ming the Merciless has other plans for them...
Plot: 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 its back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov, this time with ready-made allies waiting: Prince Barin of Arboria and Queen Fria of the frozen northern land of Frigia; where, it so happens, is found polarite, antidote to the plague. But Ming will use all his forces to keep our heroes from thwarting his plans of conquest...
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The producers would like to acknowledge the Hopi and Navajo people. Their land, culture and humor enlightened us throughout the making of "The Dark Wind."
Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: Although the ship in the final sequence is described in dialog as the Higgins, the name visible on the ships bow is the San Anselmo.
Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:
All Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Release Year: 1940
Country: USA
Runtime: 220
Rating: 4.8 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Ford BeebeRay Taylor
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
Writing by: Alex Raymond - (comic strip)
George H. Plympton - (screenplay) &
Basil Dickey - (screenplay) and
Barry Shipman - (screenplay)
Produced by: Henry MacRae - associate producer
Cast: Buster Crabbe - Flash Gordon (as Larry Buster Crabbe)
Carol Hughes - Dale Arden
Charles Middleton - Emperor Ming
Anne Gwynne - Sonja [Chs. 2, 6-12]
Frank Shannon - Dr. Zarkov
John Hamilton - Prof. Gordon [Chs. 1, 4]
Herbert Rawlinson - Dr. Frohmann [Chs. 1, 4]
Tom Chatterton - Prof. Arden [Chs. 1, 4]
Shirley Deane - Princess Aura
Lee Powell - Captain Roka
Roland Drew - Prince Barin
Music: Christopher L. Stone
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: Flash and his friends return to planet Mongo for an antidote to the Purple Death. But Ming the Merciless has other plans for them...
Plot: 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 its back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov, this time with ready-made allies waiting: Prince Barin of Arboria and Queen Fria of the frozen northern land of Frigia; where, it so happens, is found polarite, antidote to the plague. But Ming will use all his forces to keep our heroes from thwarting his plans of conquest...
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The producers would like to acknowledge the Hopi and Navajo people. Their land, culture and humor enlightened us throughout the making of "The Dark Wind."
Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: Although the ship in the final sequence is described in dialog as the Higgins, the name visible on the ships bow is the San Anselmo.
Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- This serial was based on a Flash Gordon comic strip continuity involving Prince Barin and his Tree People.
- Chapter Titles: - 1. The Purple Death - 2. Freezing Torture - 3. Walking Bombs - 4. The Destroying Ray - 5. The Palace of Peril - 6. Flaming Death - 7. Land of the Dead - 8. The Fiery Abyss - 9. The Pool of Peril - 10. The Death Mist - 11. Stark Treachery - 12. Doom of the Dictator
- Because the television show "Flash Gordon" (1954) was in syndication in late 1953, the three Universal Pictures Flash Gordon theatrical serials were retitled for TV broadcast. Flash Gordon (1936/I) became "Space Soldiers", Flash Gordons Trip to Mars (1938) became "Space Soldiers Trip to Mars", and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) became "Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe".
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