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The Conqueror (1956)

Director(s) Dick Powell
Producer(s) Howard Hughes (uncredited), Dick Powell
Top Genres Action, Adventure, Biographical, Drama, Epic, Historical
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The Conqueror Overview:

The Conqueror (1956) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Dick Powell and produced by Howard Hughes and Dick Powell.

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ERIK THE CONQUEROR On Arrow Blu-ray

By Dan Day Jr. on Sep 12, 2017 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Arrow Video delves once again into the work of the Italian Maestro of cinematic fantasy with their release of Mario Bava's 1961 Viking epic ERIK THE CONQUEROR. A number of Viking adventure films were made in Europe during the 1960s, at the height of the sword & sandal genre known as peplum. Mar... Read full article

THE CONQUEROR

By Dan Day Jr. on Apr 19, 2016 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Not too long ago I wrote a post about an issue of the Official John Wayne magazine that ranked each one of the Duke's movies in order of quality. The lowest-ranked film in which Wayne played the lead role was THE CONQUEROR (1955), a production which has a horrible reputation. I stated that THE CONQU... Read full article

Caesar the Conqueror - Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie  (1962)

By Clayton on May 3, 2014 From Phantom Empires

Caesar the Conqueror - Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie  (1962) 5/3/2014 0 Comments Cameron Mitchell has always been a slow rumble in the background of my movie and television experience. Throughout the 70's and 80's, I sa... Read full article

Caesar the Conqueror - Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie (1962)

By Clayton on May 3, 2014 From Phantom Empires

Caesar the Conqueror - Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie (1962) 5/3/2014 0 Comments Cameron Mitchell has always been a slow rumble in the background of my movie and television experience. Throughout the 70's and 80's, I saw him in dozens of suppo... Read full article

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The Conqueror Quotes:

Bortai: The Conqueror? Mighty armies cannot stop him. But one touch of my lips... Yes, he captured me - but he cannot tame me.
Hunlun: My son has won the world. Still he must conquer that red-headed Jezebel.
Kumlek: [to Temujin] Joint by joint from the toe and fingertip upward shall you be cut to pieces, and each carrion piece, hour by hour and day by day, shall be cast to the dogs before your very eyes until they too shall be plucked out as morsels for the vultures.
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The Conqueror Facts
John Wayne took his role very seriously, went on a crash diet, and took Dexedrine tablets 4 times a day.
Howard Hughes' final motion picture project, ending his 30-year involvement with the film industry. Jet Pilot, a film he produced in 1949, was released the following year.
The box office failure of this movie was believed to be ultimately responsible for the demise of RKO Pictures studios.
Eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes backed the film financially. He later paid an extra $12 million (estimated) for every existing copy because of guilt; he paid to ship 60 tons of contaminated soil to Hollywood for retakes. He kept a tight hold on the film, not even allowing it to be shown on television, for 17 years. Paramount finally obtained reissue rights in 1974.
Filmed between mid-May and August 5, 1954. It premiered in Los Angeles on February 22, 1956, then opened in Manhattan at the Criterion Theatre on March 30, 1956.
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