Flash Gordon conquers the universe [videorecording] / Universal Pictures Company ; screenplay, George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Barry Shipman ; directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor.
Larry (Buster) Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Anne Gwynne, Charles Middleton. Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond. Complete & uncut 12-episode serial originally released in 1940 as a sequel to Flash Gordon (1936).
Contents:
1. The purple death -- 2. Freezing torture -- 3. Walking bombs -- 4. The destroying ray -- 5. The palace of terror -- 6. Flaming death -- 7. The land of the dead -- 8. The fiery abyss -- 9. The pool of peril -- 10. The death mist -- 11. Stark treachery -- 12. Doom of the dictator.
Summary:
The earth is dying! A rocket over the planet is dropping a purple dust into the atmosphere, causing instant death! Flash Gordon and his companions head back to Mongo, the source of the plague. Upon landing, Flash discovers that none other than their arch enemy, Ming the Merciless, is the madman behing the carnage. He also learns of Polarite--the antidote which can only be found in Frigia. Flash and his companions head for Frigia pursued by Ming's soldiers.
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