Conan: Chapter Four
CONAN
A Republic Serial in 12 Chapters
Producer: Robert Beche
Director: William Witney & John English
Writers: Barry Shipman, Franklin Adreon, Ronald Davidson & Sol Shor
Music: William Lava
Special Effects: Howard Lydecker & Theodore Lydecker
Based on the character created by Robert E. Howard
Cast:
Conan–Ray “Crash” Corrigan
Princess Valeria–Julie Thayer
Thulsa Doom–Charles Middleton
Zula–Guinn “Big Boy” Williams
Borak–Raymond Hatton
king Kull–William Gould
Queen Zenobia–Evelyn Brent
Thoth Amon–C. Montague Shaw
Red Sonya–Lynn Roberts
Yora–John Merton
Balthus–Jack Ingram
Salazar–Edmond Cobb
Amulric–George Chesebro
Kathulos–Al Taylor
RECAP:
Princess Valeria–Is rescued from Thulsa Doom by Conan.
Thulsa Doom–Attacks Kull’s castle with his War Wagon.
Conan–Battles with Yora and is thrown in the path of horses about to tramplke him to death.
CHAPTER FOUR: THE PIT OF DEATH
Conan, Zula and Borack are on the battlements, fighting Doom’s soldiers. Conan leaps to attack Yora as he attempts to come over the wall. Conan pushes the ladder Yora is on away from the wall, but Yora grabs onto Conan and both men fall to the ground outside of the castle. Conan, stunned, is laying right in the path of a squad of Doom’s men on horseback. Seeing him, they spur their horses forward to trample him to death.
Conan comes to his senses in time to see his danger and rolls out of the way. Zula and Borack leep down from the wall and help Conan fight with Yora. Yora is knocked unconscious. Conan strips his clothes off and puts them on while Zula and Borack tie up Yora. Wearing Yora’s clothes, Conan orders a retreat.
Conan explains he is going to Doom’s castle to destroy the War Wagon. Zula and Borack knock out two soldiers and take their clothes. They join Conan on Yora’s chariot and all three follow Doom’s soldiers to the cave entrance under the castle.
Word is sent to the soldiers that Doom demands Yora’s presence in the throne room to explain why he called off the attack. Conan sees this as the perfect opportunity to slip away and search for the War Wagon. Unfortunately before he and his friend’s can do this,their ruse is discovered when Yora comes stumbling in and collapses in front of the soldiers.
Conan, Zula and Borack run for it and are chased by the soldiers. They get trapped in a dead end hall way and turning their backs to the wall, the three friends put up a tremendous fight, but are out numbered and eventually captured.
They are brought before Doom, who tells Conan he is impressed with Conan and offers him a position in his army. Conan refuses while Zula and Borack make insulting wisecracks. Infuriated, Doom orders them thrown into the Pit.
Conan, Zula and Borack are brought before a door, which is opened and they are thrown into a shallow pit. Doom chortles that he hopes they’re not too uncomfortable, but they won’t have to endure it very long. After the door shuts, water starts pouring into the pit from a pipe above their heads. Borack climbs onto Conan’s shoulders to try and plug the pipe with their cloaks, but can’t. The pit quickly fills with water and is soon over their heads…..
NEXT WEEK
CHAPTER FIVE
DEADLY BLADE
