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ST. GEORGE — A John Wayne film is pivoting from epic flop to symbol of awareness in a new movie entitled "The Conqueror Hollywood Fallout," which highlights the devastating impacts nuclear testing had on the cast and crew of the 1956 film "The Conquerer."
The new film will screen Saturday at 7 p.m., followed by a Q&A with the director and film participants at the Megaplex Theatres at Pineview Plaza.
Produced by Howard Hughes and released in 1956, "The Conqueror" was part Western and part musical and filmed in parts of Snow Canyon Park. The production starred John Wayne as Genghis Khan and featured Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendariz and Agnes Moorehead. Dick Powell, a former actor, directed it.
Of the 220 cast and crew members who worked on "The Conqueror," 91 reportedly came down with cancers and 45 died, including Wayne, Hayward, Moorehead and Powell.
