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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940 American film serial directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 12-chapter science fiction Flash Gordon movie serial. It was the last of the three Flash Gordon serials by Universal Pictures.
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![]() Shirley Deane and Charles Middleton | |
Directed by | Ford Beebe Ray Taylor |
Written by | George H. Plympton Basil Dickey Barry Shipman Alex Raymond (comic strip) |
Produced by | Henry MacRae |
Starring | Buster Crabbe Carol Hughes Charles B. Middleton Frank Shannon |
Cinematography | Jerome Ash William Sickner |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | 3 March 1940 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Buster Crabbe plays Flash Gordon with Carol Hughes as Dale Arden, Frank Shannon as Dr. Zarkov, Shirley Deane as Princess Aura, and Charles B. Middleton as Ming the Merciless. Jean Rogers had played Dale Arden in the two previous Flash Gordon serials, but did not want to repeat the role. Hughes played the role.[1]