The Conqueror

Synopsis: In ancient times, the Mongolian warlord Temujin must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father. The battles pale in comparison with Temujin's home life, as he attempts to woo the heart of the red-haired Tartar prisoner Bortai whom he has captured in a raid. He must also deal with various intrigues within his palace. Eventually, Bortai falls to his manly charms, Temujin defeats his enemies within and without, and is crowned Genghis Khan.

Genre: Adventure, Biography, History

Director(s): Dick Powell

Actors: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz, Agnes Moorehead

Production: RKO Radio Pictures


IMDB:: 3.4

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: APPROVED
Year:: 1956
: 111 min
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[Galloping Hoofbeats]
[Horses Whinnying]
[Man Shouting Commands]
[Shouting]
[Man]
Lord, yonder!
Whoa!
Make way!
l"d speak with Targutai.
Lord,
the Mongol Chief!
Let him approach!
By whose leave
do you cross my lands?
A chief's lands are those
his men can hold with arms,
Temjin.
The Merkit Chief
comes to dispute them?
Were we alone, it would
be easier, Targutai.
Your blood brother
speaks in riddles.
Targutai is not
so wanting in wit
as he would let believe.
[Targutai]
Nor courage, Mongol, should
you seek to challenge it.
[Jamuga]
Would two lonely hunters
challenge a Merkit force...
under Chief Targutai
himself?
[Targutai]
Such humbleness
sits ill a Mongol.
Targutai is not deceived.
But I seek no dispute.
This journey is
an occasion ofjoy.
I am taking for myself
a third wife.
A Tartar woman,
Temjin.
I share your taste
in women, Targutai,
but not in blood.
Farewell,
Tartar woman.
For much less, my father
would have slain him.
The thought came
to me, but-
But you feared
the Mongol dog!
Not so, woman.
Targutai fears no man!
I put violence from me
lest I imperil you.
Would a Mongol dare touch
Kumlek"s daughter?
You know ill
the son of Yessugai.
An insolent pig.
[Shouts]
[Shouting]
Let the guards
spread out.
As ChiefTargutai orders.
Come on!
Come on!
[Shouting Commands]
I suspect Temjin had men
concealed nearby, and was
seeking to provoke me.
By such tricks does he live
since the death
of his father Yessugai.
His clans
are scattered.
Thanks to my father.
Your father Kumlek did well
to destroy the old Mongol Chief.
His tribe is now of
no more consequence than lice...
on a fat gelding.
Yet still you dare
not brave Temjin!
Bring me to drink!
And make haste, vermin!
Tempting.
Tempting but unwise,
my brother. Listen to me.
There are moments for wisdom,
Jamuga, then I listen to you.
There are moments for action,
then I listen to my blood.
I feel this Tartar woman
is for me.
My blood says,
"Take her."
[Goats Bleating]
[Men Jeer]
[Men Laughing]
Not even the mighty Kasar
bends iron
forged by Sorgan.
There"s a secret
in the dipping of it.
[Shouting
Encouragement]
[Grunting]
Our little brother
exercises himself.
[Grunting]
So there"s a secret
in the dipping of it,
eh, Sorgan?
Come, Kasar.
There is sport more suited
to your strength.
Put on your armor.
A raid?
A raid.
Yes, a sport worthy
of a man, eh, Sorgan?
[Men Laughing]
Nugal, take this
to the tanner.
Share the meat
among you.
I greet you,
my Mother.
Falconer!
You return empty-handed
from the chase, my son?
Not so.
A fine gazelle.
Now we seek
bigger game, Hunlun.
How many Merkits
did you observe?
Thirty. No more.
We"ll take twice that number.
Call Borgurchi and Subaya.
A small caravan.
With one flight
of arrows.
No man bends his bow
until so ordered.
I want Targutai"s woman
unharmed.
Targutai!
We attack
the Merkit Chief himself?
This troubles you?
The Merkits are numerous
and close!
The Tartars are
more numerous.
And the woman I take
from the Merkit"s Chief
is a Tartar woman.
This raid may reap us
more grief than spoils,
Temjin.
True!
Aye!
What says Jamuga?
Aye, what says
Jamuga?
Well, what says Jamuga?
I follow
my blood brother,
and so do we all.
Are you women
that you tremble before
a force half your number?
You fear the Merkits" revenge.
I seek it!
Let him who shrinks from it
say so and be gone.
There is no room in my tents
for those who fear...
or question my orders.
[Borgurchi]
None question your orders.
They offer counsel, brother.
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Oscar Millard

Oscar Millard (March 1, 1908 – December 7, 1990) is an English writer who found success in Hollywood when he collaborated on the screenplay for Come to the Stable, a comedy about nuns. He fared better the following year when he picked up an Academy Award nomination for the gritty war movie The Frogmen (1951).Millard's output after that was less successful though interesting: the James Stewart thriller No Highway in the Sky (1951) and Otto Preminger's full-guns-blazing femme fatale movie Angel Face (1952). Millard's reputation was considerably tarnished (as indeed was everyone involved in the project) with the deliriously bad John Wayne-Susan Hayward barbarian epic The Conqueror (1956), a film probably more famous now for filming in a nuclear bomb testing site and most of the cast and crew succumbing to early, cancer-related deaths. After that, Millard found consistent work on television, writing scripts for such shows as Wagon Train, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour for which his was awarded in 2013 by the Writers Guild of America (101 Best written TV Series) and Twelve O'Clock High. more…

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