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
John Wayne
Temujin
Susan Hayward
Bortai
Pedro Armendáriz
Jamuga
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
Fred Aldrich
Chieftain #2 (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Honest John (uncredited)
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.
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