John Wayne's WORST Movie Ever | American Loser Podcast Ep 266 w/ Derek Humphrey & Boris Khaykin

About this episode

The episode discusses John Wayne's controversial role in the film 'The Conqueror' and its peculiar production circumstances.

Howard Hughes movie "The Conqueror" is one of the strangest movies ever made...a big epic production of the rise of Genghis Khan played by...John Wayne? Even stranger... the movie was filmed near nuclear testing facilities...find out more about a movie most people would agree wouldn't be worth dying over KP's Baby Registry https://my.babylist.com/karlie-sonne Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s8e5ZstUR90n2jmDUAOr4nTZ Want more? Become a member at GaS Digital and you'll receive: • Access to all 200+ episodes • Early access to episodes, every Thursday at 4pm EST & more! Use discount code "LOSER" Join Here: & https://gasdigital.com/ New episodes drop every Tuesday. Subscribe and hit the notification bell so you never miss an update! Youtube: / @herelieskpburke Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-loser-podcast/id1435524643 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JvZPVM0Oujda4QmmVbohM Follow me: Instagram @kpburkesucks:/kpburkesucks Website…

People in this episode

Host: American Loser Podcast

Guests: Derek Humphrey, Boris Khaykin

Topics covered

• John Wayne
• film history
• nuclear testing
• Genghis Khan
• movie production

Keywords

• John Wayne
• The Conqueror
• nuclear testing
• film production
• Genghis Khan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GaS Digital Network

Books & works: The Conqueror

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