Purple Death from Outer Space
5.4 /10 1 Votes
Genre Sci-Fi Directors Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor Producer Henry MacRae Country United States | 5.2/10 IMDb Initial release 1966 Running time 1h 28m Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Basil Dickey , George H. Plympton , Barry Shipman Genres Science Fiction, Adventure Film, Superhero movie Cast Buster Crabbe (Flash Gordon), Carol Hughes (Dale Arden), Charles Middleton (Ming the Merciless), Frank Shannon (Dr. Zarkov), Don Rowan (Captain Torch), Victor Zimmerman (Lt. Thong)Similar movies Related Ray Taylor movies, Related Ford Beebe movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. Both were made available directly as made-for-TV movies.
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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.
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Soundtrack
Les préludes by Franz Liszt
References
Purple Death from Outer Space WikipediaPurple Death from Outer Space IMDb Purple Death from Outer Space themoviedb.org