The Conqueror (1956)

Written by Oscar Millard

Directed by Dick Powell

Production Year: 1956

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Historical actioner about legendary Mongol chieftain Genghis Khan. The story on-screen is good, but the off-screen stuff is incredible: it was the final film of producer Howard Hughes, who bought up all the prints and screened it privately night after night. Filmed close to the atomic bomb testing sites in Utah, nearly half of the crew later contracted cancer.

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Cast

	John Wayne		Temujin later Genghis Khan
	Susan Hayward		Bortai
	Pedro Armendáriz		Jamuga
	Agnes Moorehead		Hunlun
	Thomas Gomez		Wang Khan
	John Hoyt		Shaman
	William Conrad		Kasar
	Ted de Corsia		Kumlek
	Leslie Bradley		Targutai
	Lee Van Cleef		Chepei
	Peter Mamakos		Bogurchi
	Leo Gordon		Tartar captain
	Richard Loo		Cap. of Wang's guard