341 Conqueror, The (1956)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
341 Conqueror, The (1956)
- Filmed near the site of contemporaneous nuclear testing grounds, the set
was contaminated by nuclear fallout. After location shooting, much dirt
from the location was transported back to Hollywood in order to
match interior shooting done there. Scores of cast and crew members
developed forms of cancer over the next two decades, many more than the
normal percentage of a random group of this size. Quite a few died from
cancer or cancer-related problems, including 'John Wayne' (qv),
'Susan Hayward' (qv), 'Pedro Armendariz' (qv), 'Agnes Moorehead' (qv),
'Thomas Gomez' (qv), and director 'Dick Powell' (qv).
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