Purple Death from Outer Space
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
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
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
- Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon
- Carol Hughes as Dale Arden
- Charles Middleton as Ming the Merciless
- Frank Shannon as Dr. Zarkov
- Don Rowan as Capt. Torch
- Victor Zimmerman as Lt. Thong
- Lee Powell as Capt. Roka
- Donald Curtis as Capt. Ronal
- Edgar Edwards as Capt. Turan
- Roland Drew as Prince Barin
- Shirley Deane as Princess Aura
- Luli Deste as Queen Fria
- Sigurd Nilssen as Count Korro
- John Hamilton as Prof. Gordon
- Herbert Rawlinson as Prof. Frohman
- Tom Chatterton as Dr. Arden