The Conqureror: The John Wayne movie that gave 91 people cancer
It’s hard to believe, but 41% of “The Conqureror’s” crew later came down with cancer (including Wayne, who got it twice). The common factor? The movie was shot in Utah’s Escalante Desert, where 11 atomic bombs had been tested, including two particularly dirty ones. As many people have noted, it was a large price to pay for such a bad movie.