

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
Production
Shot near nuclear testing site; 91 cast/crew got cancer.
Costume
Wayne's Fu Manchu eyeliner deserves its own documentary.

Director
Dick Powell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Howard Hughes spent $12 million, then bought every print and hid it for 17 years out of shame.
The 'cancer curse' killed John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz, Agnes Moorehead, and director Dick Powell—all from cancers linked to the Utah nuclear test site location.