The story of a failed Hollywood epic and the devastating repercussions it had, not only on some of Hollywood’s most iconic stars, but the residents of a desert town in Utah where the film was shot.
The 1956 Howard Hughes production, “The Conqueror” was an unmitigated flop despite having major movie starts John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead and Pedo Armendariz.
The Dick Powell directed film has gone down as, not just one of the worst films of the 1950’s but one of the worst ever. The greater claim to infamy however, is the question of whether the choice of shooting location, St George, Utah was responsible for the deaths of some of the most revered actors of Hollywood’s golden era.
