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title: 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ford Beebe'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 220
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/flash-gordon-conquers-the-universe-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032475/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

1940 · 220 min · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 American black-and-white science-fiction 12-chapter movie serial from Universal Pictures, produced by Henry MacRae and co-directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. The serial stars Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles B. Middleton, Frank Shannon, and Roland Drew. It was written by George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, and Barry Shipman, and was adapted from Alex Raymond's syndicated newspaper comic strip of the same name from King Features Syndicate. Shown theatrically in 12 separate weekly "chapters", it was the last of the three Universal Flash Gordon serials made between 1936 and 1940.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ford Beebe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ford-beebe), [Ray Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-taylor)
- **Screenplay:** [George H. Plympton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-h-plympton)
- **Producer:** [Henry MacRae](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-macrae)

## Cast

- [Jean Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-brooks)
- [Charles Middleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-middleton) as Ming the Merciless
- [Frank Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-shannon)
- [Herbert Rawlinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-rawlinson)
- [Buster Crabbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/buster-crabbe) as Flash Gordon
- [John Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hamilton)
- [Donald Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-curtis)
- [John Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-elliott)
- [Harry C. Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-c-bradley)
- [Roy Barcroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-barcroft)
- [Earl Dwire](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-dwire)
- [Luli Deste](https://cinepixo.com/people/luli-deste)

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