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Purple Death from Outer Space

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Purple Death from Outer Space
Publicity still with Carmen D'Antonio and Charles Middleton for the 1940 serial
Directed byFord Beebe
Ray Taylor
Screenplay byBasil Dickey
George H. Plympton
Barry Shipman
Based onFlash Gordon by Alex Raymond
Produced byHenry MacRae
StarringLarry (Buster) Crabbe
Carol Hughes
Charles Middleton
Frank Shannon
CinematographyJerome Ash
William A. Sickner
Production
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Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Purple Death from Outer Space is a 1966 American black-and-white science fiction film directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. It is the first of two feature-length compilations of the 1940 serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe. The second, Perils from the Planet Mongo, was released the same year.

Plot

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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

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Creature Feature found the film to be a rousing video, giving it three out of five stars. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction prefers the full, unedited version.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Les préludes by Franz Liszt

See also

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