The Conqueror (1956)

Director:

Dick Powell

Guionista:

Oscar Millard (written by)

Release Date:

21 febrero 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Biografía | History | Romance

Frase comercial:

Surpasses anything ever filmed before!

Plot:

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

Plot Keywords:

Tartars | Genghis Khan | Princess | History | Desert

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One of the great ones!

Cast

John Wayne	...	Temujin, later Genghis Khan
Susan Hayward	...	Bortai
Pedro Armendáriz	...	Jamuga (as Pedro Armendariz)
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	...	Captain of Wang's guard

También conocida como:

Conqueror of the Desert
Conquistador de Mongolia, El (Spain) [es]
Conquistador, El (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

111 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Escalante Desert, St. George, Utah, USA

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivialidades:

Sometimes referred to as "An RKO Radioactive Picture".

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: 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: While I live, while my blood burns hot, your daughter is not safe in her tent.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV)

One of the great ones!

I saw this film at age 9 when it was newly released, back in the sunset years of the Technicolor historical spectacular. I knew immediately that it was bad, GLORIOUSLY in-your-face bad! I eagerly taped it about fifteen years ago off a television broadcast and have gleefully lent the tape to friends and acquaintances many times since to spread the word.

The incomprehensible miscasting of John Wayne aside, THE CONQUEROR is bad in so many ways that's it's difficult to focus on the best (or worst) elements. Perhaps most delightfully awful is the dialogue:

"She is woman, Jamuga...much woman. Should her perfidy be less than that of other women?" (John Wayne to Pedro Armendariz)

"Kumlik's daughter! Spawn of the devil! Let your men make sport with her!" "No, mo-ther, I will keep this wo-man for my own plea-sure!" (Exchange between mom Agnes Moorehead and son John Wayne)

"You will love me, Bortai...you will love me of your own will before the sun rises!" "Before that day dawns, Mongol, the vultures will feast upon your heart!" (Love chat between Wayne and Hayward)

These are three of literally dozens of examples of prime dialogue kitsch with which THE CONQUEROR abounds. It is priceless...see it!