Purple Death from Outer Space
| Purple Death from Outer Space | |
|---|---|
|
Publicity still with Carmen D'Antonio and Charles Middleton for the 1940 serial | |
| Produced by | Henry MacRae (associate producer) |
| Written by |
Basil Dickey (screenplay) George H. Plympton (screenplay) Barry Shipman (screenplay) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography |
Jerome Ash William A. Sickner |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Purple Death from Outer Space is a 1966 American feature length compilation of the first half of the 1940 serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe. A second feature with footage from the final half of the serial was used to complete another 1966 feature film Perils from the Planet Mongo.
Plot summary
When the Earth is attack by a mysterious substance causing death and leaving the victim purple, Dr Zarkov, Flash Gordon and Dale Arden discover the deaths are caused by one of Ming's spaceships from the planet Mongo. The trio go to the planet to bring an antidote back to the Earth and thwart Ming's schemes.
The film manages to turn the original serial into a fast moving and coherent film though the majority of Anne Gwynne's scenes are cut.
Cast
- Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon
- Carol Hughes as Dale Arden
- Charles Middleton as Ming the Merciless
- Frank Shannon as Dr. Zarkov
- Don Rowan as Capt. Torch (archive footage)
- Victor Zimmerman as Lt. Thong (archive footage)
- Lee Powell as Capt. Roka (archive footage)
- Donald Curtis as Capt. Ronal (archive footage)
- Edgar Edwards as Capt. Turan (archive footage)
- Roland Drew as Prince Barin
- Shirley Deane as Princess Aura
- Luli Deste as Queen Fria
- Sigurd Nilssen as Count Korro (archive footage)
- John Hamilton as Prof. Gordon (archive footage)
- Herbert Rawlinson as Prof. Frohman (archive footage)
- Tom Chatterton as Dr. Arden (archive footage)
Soundtrack
See also
External links
- Purple Death from Outer Space at the Internet Movie Database
- Purple Death from Outer Space is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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