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|runtime = 111 minutes |country = United States |language = English |budget = $6 million〔Drama: Indie Setups Announced by Cummings, Chandler; Hello, Barry Fitzgerald Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) (Angeles, Calif ) 21 Nov 1955: 41.〕 |gross = $9 million〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1956/0CQRR.php )〕 }} ''The Conqueror'' is a 1956 CinemaScope epic film produced by Howard Hughes and starring John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. Other performers included Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, and Pedro Armendáriz. Directed by actor/director Dick Powell, the film was principally shot near St. George, Utah. ''The Conqueror'' was a critical flop (often ranked as one of the worst films of the 1950s and one of the worst ever) despite the stature of the cast. Wayne, who was at the height of his career, had lobbied for the role after reading the script and was widely believed to have been grossly miscast (he was "honored" by ''The Golden Turkey Awards''). Years later, ''The Conqueror'' was included as one of the choices in the book ''The Fifty Worst Films of All Time''. Reportedly, Howard Hughes felt guilty about his decisions regarding the film's production,〔Adams, Cecil (October 26, 1984). ("Did John Wayne die of cancer caused by a radioactive movie set?" ). Retrieved on September 13, 2010.〕 particularly over the decision to film at a hazardous site (see Cancer controversy below). He bought every print of the film for $12 million and kept it out of circulation for many years until Universal Pictures purchased the film from his estate in 1979.〔("In 1974, ''Daily Variety'' announced that Paramount Pictures was re-releasing the film, but in April 1979, ''Hollywood Reporter'' stated that Universal had acquired the rights and that at the time of the purchase, the picture had not been screened publicly for twenty-one years." - Turner Classic Movies )〕 ''The Conqueror'', along with ''Ice Station Zebra'', is said to be one of the films Hughes watched endlessly during his last years. ==Plot== Mongol chief Temujin (later to be known as Genghis Khan) falls for Bortai, the daughter of the Tartar leader, and steals her away, precipitating war. Bortai spurns Temujin and is taken back in a raid. Temujin is later captured. Bortai falls in love with him and helps him escape. Temujin suspects he was betrayed by a fellow Mongol and sets out to find the traitor and to overcome the Tartars. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Conqueror (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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