Chapo Trap House Reviews One of the Worst Films Ever Made: The Conquerer (1956) [Ft. Derek Davison]

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Ай бұрын

Saddle up there, Pilgrim, you're okay in my book. In this episode we have back our returning three-time champion co-host Derek Davison (@dwdavison9318) to gather round and talk about just about the worst piece of poison Hollywood ever put on film: The Conquerer starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan, a reformer with results. With Derek riding close we unpack the deadliest movie ever made and try to figure out just why the Mongolians never thought about smoking some of that loud while they cut their way through Persia. So slap some bacon on a biscuit and let's go, we're burnin' radioactive fumes.
[Chapo Trap House Ep.39: The Conquerer ft. @dwdavison9318, Released 9/9/16]
The Conqueror is a 1956 American epic historical drama film, directed by Dick Powell and written by Oscar Millard. It stars John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan and co-stars Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead and Pedro Armendáriz. Produced by entrepreneur Howard Hughes, the film was principally shot near St. George, Utah.
Despite the stature of the cast and a respectable box office performance, the film was critically panned; it is often ranked as one of the worst films of the 1950s and also as one of the worst films ever made. In the years since release, the film garnered additional controversy for its filming downwind of a nuclear testing site, which sparked debate among historians and biologists over whether or not it caused multiple cases of cancer among the cast and crew.

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@platitudepete8 Ай бұрын

Possibly the only film so bad it literally gave people cancer

@DoggyHateFire Ай бұрын

"It's like the sauce, pilgrim!"

@marcydeerfield Ай бұрын

Oh Jamukha, don’t we love him folks?

@samz1950 Ай бұрын

Take a shot every time someone says “tartar”

@solomonreal1977 Ай бұрын

indeed 🤔

@marcuswalters8093 Ай бұрын

This film is so bad that it gave John Wayne cancer. No, seriously. Look it up.

@Shadowman4710 Ай бұрын

Meh. It's more likely the 3-4 packets of cigarettes a day killed them. Also, he was 73 when he died which is the national average....NOW.

@slug3982 Ай бұрын

I think theres a video in your ads

@BriarLeaf00 Ай бұрын

@@Shadowman4710The national average for where? Mongolia? Because it's certainly not the US (78.8 years pre-covid, and about 75 now, which will average out sooner than later)

@gapsule2326 Ай бұрын

@@Shadowman4710a lot of the crew died shortly after too

@averagejoe225 Ай бұрын

8:58 this impression from Will fucking kills me every time, I think about it often

@BigHomieGayAss1917 Ай бұрын

One of the greatest episodes, and an old one

@solomonreal1977 Ай бұрын

indeed 🤔

@Rhamiel506 Ай бұрын

The part of the Utah Desert where’s they shot this steaming pile was an active nuclear testing site and thus everyone got cancer. Also iirc the weather was absolute dogshit throughout.