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The Conqueror
1956 · Film · 111 min
Directed by Dick Powell
AdventureRomanceHistoryWarDrama
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
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In fairness, I agree that end-of-2025 AI probably could make a film so badly that 41% of the crew get cancer within 24 years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conqueror_(1956_film)
And at least one movie cast and crew:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conqueror_(1956_film)#Nuclear_incident_and_cancer_controversy
Folks nearest to nuclear testing died early of cancer. VN didn’t smoke. Look up the movie the Conqueror.
I grew up near SSFL so have some stories too.
I remember hearing about "The Conqueror" from my parents:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conqueror_(film)#Cancer_controversy
"Among the 220 or so cast and crew who filmed the 1956 film, The Conqueror, on location near St. George, Utah, ninety-one had come down with cancer, with an unheard of 41 percent morbidity rate, including stars John Wayne, Susan Hayward, and Agnes Moorehead, and director Dick Powell. The film was shot in Southwestern Utah, east of and generally downwind from where the U.S. Government had tested nuclear weapons in Southeastern Nevada, and many contend that radioactive fallout from these tests contaminated the film location and poisoned the film crew working there."