The Conqueror (1956) | |
| Director(s) | Dick Powell |
| Producer(s) | Dick Powell, Howard Hughes (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Biographical, Drama, Epic, Historical |
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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 BlogArrow 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 BlogNot 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 EmpiresCaesar 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... Read full article
Caesar the Conqueror - Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie (1962)
By Clayton on May 3, 2014 From Phantom EmpiresCaesar 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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Quotes from
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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Facts about
According to "The Hollywood Hall of Shame," the screenplay was written with Marlon Brando in mind for the lead. John Wayne was about to make the last film of a three-picture deal for RKO Radio, and Dick Powell had been assigned to direct. They were going over various scripts in Powell's office when Powell was called away for a few minutes. When he returned, he found Wayne enthusiastically looking over the screenplay for "The Conqueror", which Powell had intended to throw away. Powell tried to talk him out of it, but Wayne insisted that it was the film he wanted to make. As Powell later said, "Who am I to turn down John Wayne?"
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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