What Sinners Gets Right About Family, Fear, and the Fight to Stay Human
The quiet ache of guilt sitting at the dinner table, the silence after a truth is buried, and the way pain is passed down like a name.
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov.
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A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov.
Rating:NR
Genre:Science Fiction, Action
Written By:George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Barry Shipman
In Theaters:3/3/1940
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Runtime:195 minutes
Studio:Universal Pictures, King Features Syndicate
Cast
Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Director
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon
Carol Hughes
Dale Arden
Charles Middleton
Emperor Ming
Anne Gwynne
Sonja
Frank Shannon
Dr. Zarkov
John Hamilton
Professor Gordon
Herbert Rawlinson
Dr. Frohmann
Tom Chatterton
Professor Arden
Shirley Deane
Princess Aura
Lee Powell
Captain Roka
Roland Drew
Prince Barin
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