Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 science-fiction movie serial featuring the comic-strip hero Flash Gordon battling the tyrant Ming the Merciless to save the universe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film serial
science fiction film serial
basedOn Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon
surface form: Flash Gordon comic strip
characterPortrayed Flash Gordon
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
distributor Universal Pictures
featuresCharacter Dale Arden
Dr. Hans Zarkov
Flash Gordon
Ming the Merciless
follows Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars
format black-and-white
franchise Flash Gordon
genre science fiction
space opera
hasAudience theatrical serial audiences
hasCastMember Buster Crabbe
Carol Hughes
Charles Middleton
Frank Shannon NERFINISHED
hasPart Chapter 10: The Death Mist
Chapter 11: Stark Treachery
Chapter 12: Doom of the Dictator
Chapter 1: The Purple Death
Chapter 2: Freezing Torture
Chapter 3: Walking Bombs
Chapter 4: The Destroying Ray
Chapter 5: The Palace of Terror
Chapter 6: Flaming Death
Chapter 7: The Land of the Dead
Chapter 8: The Fiery Abyss
Chapter 9: The Pool of Peril
language English
mainSubject battle against Ming the Merciless
medium cinema
narrativeLocation universe
partOf Flash Gordon film serials
plotSummary Flash Gordon battles Ming the Merciless to save the universe from a deadly plague and tyranny
portrayedBy Buster Crabbe
productionCompany Universal Pictures NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1940
releaseDecade 1940s
setIn outer space
planet Mongo
theme heroic struggle against tyranny
villain Ming the Merciless

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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe follows Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars
Ford Beebe notableWork Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe