The Conqueror. 1956.
John Wayne stars as Mongolian warlord Temujin who must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father. After he has defeated his enemies, he is crowned Genghis Khan.
A film that The Duke himself has distanced himself from through embarrassment, we have a white guy playing a mongol leader and thinks that Susan Hayword should be conquered aswell.The Conqueror's opening is great. It opens with Temujin riding through the dessert with his Mongol army. The scenes of the army riding are great. They are shot so well. The action scenes of the Mongols fighting enemy armies were great too. But it does look and sound cheesy with the dialogue but could be down to poor writing and delivery. This is famous for a set that was used in Utah that was once a nuclear testing site that many cast members and production team behind the camera developed cancer. I think I may return to this one again.
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