Purple Death from Outer Space
Purple Death from Outer Space | |
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Directed by | Ford Beebe |
Screenplay by | Basil Dickey George H. Plympton Barry Shipman |
Produced by | Henry MacRae (associate producer) |
Starring | See below |
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Distributed by | Universal |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
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 second half of the serial was used to complete another 1966 feature film Perils from the Planet Mongo. Both were made available directly as made-for-TV movies.
Plot[]
When the Earth is attacked 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. Ming's plan is to steal all the Earth's nitrogen.
Along the way, Flash and his cohorts meet Azura Queen of Magic who plans to turn all humans into Clay People, White Sapphire, the Tree People, the White Sapphire and Prince Barin
Reception[]
Creature Feature found the movie to be a rousing video, giving it three out of five stars. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction prefers the full, unedited version
Cast[]
- Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon
- Carol Hughes as Dale Arden
- Charles Middleton as Ming the Merciless
- Frank Shannon as Dr. Zarkov
- as Capt. Torch (archive footage)
- as Lt. Thong (archive footage)
- Lee Powell as Capt. Roka (archive footage)
- Donald Curtis as Capt. Ronal (archive footage)
- as Capt. Turan (archive footage)
- Roland Drew as Prince Barin
- Shirley Deane as Princess Aura
- Luli Deste as Queen Fria
- 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[]
References[]
External links[]
- Purple Death from Outer Space at IMDb
- Purple Death from Outer Space is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- 1966 films
- English-language films
- American films
- 1960s science fiction films
- American black-and-white films
- Flash Gordon films
- Films directed by Ford Beebe