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The Conqueror

  • 19561956
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  • 1h 51m
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3.7/10
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John Wayne and Susan Hayward in The Conqueror (1956)
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Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
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    • Dick Powell
    • Oscar Millard
  • Stars
    • John Wayne
    • Susan Hayward
    • Pedro Armendáriz
    • Dick Powell
    • Oscar Millard
  • Stars
    • John Wayne
    • Susan Hayward
    • Pedro Armendáriz
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    • 70User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
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    John Wayne and Susan Hayward in The Conqueror (1956)
    Pedro Armendáriz and Susan Hayward in The Conqueror (1956)
    John Wayne in The Conqueror (1956)
    Pedro Armendáriz, William Conrad, Thomas Gomez, and John Hoyt in The Conqueror (1956)
    John Wayne and Agnes Moorehead in The Conqueror (1956)
    John Wayne and Pedro Armendáriz in The Conqueror (1956)
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    Susan Hayward, Ted de Corsia, and Jeanne Gerson in The Conqueror (1956)
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    John Wayne
    John Wayne
    • Temujin
    Susan Hayward
    Susan Hayward
    • Bortai
    Pedro Armendáriz
    Pedro Armendáriz
    • Jamuga
    • (as Pedro Armendariz)
    Agnes Moorehead
    Agnes Moorehead
    • Hunlun
    Thomas Gomez
    Thomas Gomez
    • Wang Khan
    John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    • Shaman
    William Conrad
    William Conrad
    • Kasar - Kahn Loyalist
    Ted de Corsia
    Ted de Corsia
    • Kumlek
    Leslie Bradley
    Leslie Bradley
    • Targutai
    Lee Van Cleef
    Lee Van Cleef
    • Chepei
    Peter Mamakos
    Peter Mamakos
    • Bogurchi
    Leo Gordon
    Leo Gordon
    • Tartar Captain
    Richard Loo
    Richard Loo
    • Captain of Wang's Guard
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Chieftain #2
    • (uncredited)
    Phil Arnold
    Phil Arnold
    • Honest John
    • (uncredited)
    Gregg Barton
    Gregg Barton
    • Jalair
    • (uncredited)
    Lane Bradford
    Lane Bradford
    • Chieftain #4
    • (uncredited)
    Larry Chance
    Larry Chance
    • Tartar
    • (uncredited)
      • Dick Powell
      • Oscar Millard
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    • Trivia
      The film is sometimes called "An RKO Radioactive Picture". It was filmed near an active nuclear test site in Utah, where 11 tests had reportedly been carried out in the year before the production landed there. The set was contaminated by nuclear fallout, but the Atomic Energy Commission assured Howard Hughes and the local population that the area was completely safe. Photographs exist of John Wayne holding a Geiger counter that reportedly made so much noise that he thought it was broken. After location shooting, Hughes had tons of contaminated soil transported back to Hollywood in order to match interior shooting done there. Over the next 30 years, 91 of the 220 cast and crew members developed cancer. Forty-six died, including John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz (who shot himself soon after learning he had terminal cancer), Agnes Moorehead, John Hoyt, and director Dick Powell. Lee Van Cleef had throat cancer, but died of a heart attack. The count did not include several hundred local Native Americans who played extras, or relatives of the cast and crew who visited the set, including John Wayne's son Michael Wayne. A "People" article quoted the reaction of a scientist from the Pentagon's Defense Nuclear Agency to the news, "Please, God, don't let us have killed John Wayne". As of June 2011, the article is available in its archive online.
    • Goofs
      When Temujin throws a spear at a man in a stream, the wire guiding it is visible. The spear's trajectory is also wobbly.
    • Quotes

      Temujin: I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.

    • Connections
      Featured in The World According to Smith & Jones: The Middle Ages (1987)

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    1/10
    One of the best bad movies ever made.
    Whoever made the decision to cast John Wayne as the young Genghis Khan either had too much imagination or too little. I have rarely laughed so hard at a movie which was trying so hard to be serious. My favourite lines: "My heart tells me this Tartar woman is for me" and "Share the booty" (both of which have become regularly quoted catchlines among the friends who have seen this). Gather some friends, have a few drinks (or more than a few), and watch this film. You'll gasp, you'll groan, you'll wonder if the casting director and scriptwriter were legally sane.
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    • pickwick9
    • Nov 5, 2002

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      • March 28, 1956 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Escalante Desert, St. George, Utah, USA
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • 1 hour 51 minutes

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