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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.

Keywords:

Action, Adventure, Drama, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1956) (USA) (2 Star)

Cast:

John Wayne	.... Temujin later Genghis Khan
Susan Hayward	.... Bortai
Pedro Armendáriz	.... Jamuga
Agnes Moorehead	.... Hunlun
Thomas Gomez	.... Wang Khan
John Hoyt	.... Shaman

Supporting Cast:

William Conrad	.... Kasar
Ted de Corsia	.... Kumlek
Leslie Bradley	.... Targutai
Lee Van Cleef	.... Chepei
Peter Mamakos	.... Bogurchi
Leo Gordon	.... Tartar captain
Richard Loo	.... Captain of Wang's guard

Directors:

Dick Powell

Writers:

Oscar Millard