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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:

Red Sonya–leads an attack on Doom’s tower while Kull’s army attacks from the land.

Thulsa Doom–escapes on a chariot with the Princess Valeria.

Conan–fights with Doom on the chariot but is thrown off to be dragged to death.

CHAPTER TWELVE: DOOM’S DOOM

Doom makes his way to the dungeon, where he grabs Valeria and drags her to the corral. Conan sees this and follows.  Doom throws Valeria into his chariot and prepares to leave.  Conan jumps onto the chariot as the horses gallop off.  The two men fight furiously as the chariot runs wildly around curves.  Doom manages to knock Conan off the chariot, but his hand is caught in a rope and he is dragged behind the chariot.

Conan manages to free his hand and pull himself up to rope until he can grab hold of the chariot and pull himself back aboard.  He and Doom begin struggling again. Doom pulls out a truncheon from his cloak’s sleeve and clubs Conan into unconsciousness.  Conan falls off of the chariot into the road.

When Conan comes to he finds the chariot gone.  Making his way back to the tower he finds that the fighting is all but over.  Taking Zula and
Borak with him, Conan heads for the War Wagon.  Climbing aboard, they start it up and head after Doom, who’s trail is easy to follow.

Eventually they come to a cave that is being guarded by a small group of mechanical men.  One of the mechanical men shoots a strange weapon which fires lightning bolts at the War Wagon.  The Wagon is hit and skids out of control.  Conan manages to steer the careening vehicle into the mechanical men, destroying them.  The Wagon crashes into a rock wall.  All three men manage to get out before it explodes.

Making their way down the main tunnel of the cave they over hear Doom tell Valeria that his mechanical men will help him take over the kingdom and that he will then rule with her as his queen. Coming into a large chamber they find Doom standing over a bound Valeria, with a hypodermic needle in his hand, preparing to inject her with the same drug he used on her mother.  Guarding him are two mechanical men.

Seeing Conan and his friends, Doom orders them destroyed.  Drawing his sword, Conan tells Zula and Borak to take care of the mechanical men, he will handle Doom.  Conan evades the mechanical men and knocks the needle out of Doom’s hand.  Enraged, Doom pulls out his own sword and attacks Conan.

Borak defeats one of the mechanical men by throwing a bucket of water on it, which causes it to short circuit, sparks fly out of it, and then it collapses at Borak’s feet. Zula takes a more direct aproach and beats his opponent into pieces with a large rock he grabbed from the floor of the cave.

Conan and Doom engage in a furious sword fight. Though he has been a cunning villain, his sword play is no match for Conan’s, who disarms his foe.  Conan demands surrender. Doom pretends to comply while pulling a glass globe from his robe.  Before he can throw it at Conan, Doom is hit by a knife thrown by Borak.  Wounded, Doom drops the globe  at his own feet, which explodes, destroying him.

Conan and his two friends pick themselves up from where the explosion threw them, shaken up a bit but not seriously hurt.  Freeing Valeria, they return to the kingdom on foot.

Later at Kull’s castle, Kull offers to make Red Sonya head of his navy.  She graciously accepts.  Kull next offers to make Conan the permanent head of his army.  Conan accepts only on the condition that Zula and Borak be made his chief lieutenants.  Kull agrees.  As they are all making their way to the celebration in the castle’s courtyard, Valeria favors Conan with a smile.

THE END

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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:

Conan–Explains to King Kull and his friends that they have a spy in their midst.

Queen Zenobia–Is revealled to be the spy and threaten to kill everyone with poison.

CHAPTER ELEVEN: CHARIOT OF DEATH

Everyone agrees that Conan is right, Kull asks who it could be.  Sadly Conan points to Queen Zenobia and says that she is the only one of the group who had  the power the go to the dungeon and not be questioned or stopped.  Kull is outraged at the accusation. Conan asks him who convinced him to give into Kull’s demands when the Princess was first kidnapped.  Kull looks at Zenobia with dawning belief in what Conan has said.  Zenobia laughs wickedly, compliments Conan on his cleverness, then pulls a vial out of her belt.  She sneeringly tells them that it is poison and they are all going to die.

Borak sneaks up behind her and grabs the hand holding the poison.  As they struggle, Kull steps in and snatches the vial out of her hand.  Thoth Amon examines the struggling queen and determines she is under the influence a powerful hypnotic. He quickly makes an antidote. Once back in her right mind, Zenobia is horrified at what she has been forced to do and begs Conan to save her daughter.  Conan says he has a plan.

Red Sonya and her pirate crew attack Doom’s tower from the sea in one of Kull’s ships while Conan leads Kull’s army on a frontal assault.  Faced with a two front attack, Doom is unable to counter both and the tower is stormed. During the fray Yora, Balthus, Salazar and Amulric are killed by Conan, Zula and Borak.

Doom makes his way to the dungeon, where he grabs Valeria and drags her to the corral. Conan sees this and follows.  Doom throws Valeria into his chariot and prepares to leave.  Conan jumps onto the chariot as the horses gallop off.  The two men fight furiously as the chariot runs wildly around curves.  Doom manages to knock Conan off the chariot, but his hand is caught in a rope and he is dragged behind the chariot…….

NEXT WEEK

CHAPTER TWELVE

DOOM’S DOOM

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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:

Red Sonya–A pirate queen, joins forces with Conan to attack Thulsa Doom’s Tower.

Thoth Amon–has created a new powerful explosive to use against Doom

Conan–leads a sea attack on the tower, unaware that Doom has been warned.

CHAPTER TEN: UNMASKED

Conan, Zula and Borak set sail with Red Sonya on the Tigress for Doom’s castle.  Anchoring off shore, Conan uses a catapult to start lobbing the explosive filled bags at Doom’s tower.  After the first one hits, a door at the top of the tower opens and a strange flying machine emerges, flying straight for the ship.  Conan tries to hit it with the explosive but it is able to veer out of the way.  Once over the ship the flying machine drops an explosive of it’s own.  Everyone jumps overboard, as the Tigress explodes in a huge fire ball.

Conan, Sonya, Zula and Borak come to the surface anD swim to the shore.  They cautiously make their way back to Kull’s castle, where Conan calls kull, Zenobia and Thoth Amon to the throne room. Assembling them there with Re Sonya, Borak and Zula, Conan declares that this latest set back proves they have a spy in their midst.  He then asks them to recall the events that happened when he was first secretly sent to rescue Princess Valeria……..

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Conan is waylaid on the road to Doom’s tower, spurring his horse on, Conan leads the other men on a furious chase across the country side.  Coming to a gorge, and with Doom’s men fast approaching, Conan tries to leap his horse across the chasm to the other side.  The horse barely lands on the other side but can’t get any traction and they fall off the edge into the deep ravine below.
There is a lake at the bottom of the ravine.  Conan and his horse land safely in the water.  Conan swims to the bottom and stays there for several minutes.   Doom’s men watch the water and when they don’t see Conan surface they assume is dead and ride away.

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Then Conan reminds them of the time when Yora and Balthus somehow got into the castle……..

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Conan is walking with Valeria.  It is obvious as they talk that the Princess is infatuated with Conan, and that Conan is starting to feel the same way.  Rounding a corner, they run into Yora and Balthus.  Conan immediately fights them, but is overpowered and knocked unconscious.

Yora grabs Valeria and says that Doom will be pleased to have her as a guest again.  Balthus tells him to go on with the Princess while he takes care of Conan.  After Yora drags the Princess away.  Balthus draws his sword and starts to bring it down toward Conan’s limp form.

Zula and Borak round a corner, arguing over who the princess’ handmaiden likes better when they see Balthus about to kill Conan.  Zula grabs Balthus’ sword arm, while Borak jumps on Balthus’ back.  Balthus struggles but is quickly subdued.

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And finally, he brings up what later happened when Balthus was locked in the dungeon…….

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Balthus is put in the dungeon.  Doom’s mysterious confederate releases Balthus and shows him where he can slip out of the castle.  Conan just happens look out a window and see Balthus getting away.  Leaping out out of the window on to a horse, he chases Balthus down and recaptures him.

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Everyone agrees that Conan is right, Kull asks who it could be.  Sadly Conan points to Queen Zenobia and says that she is the only one of the group who had  the power the go to the dungeon and not be questioned or stopped.  Kull is outraged at the accusation. Conan asks him who convinced him to give into Kull’s demands when the Princess was first kidnapped.  Kull looks at Zenobia with dawning belief in what Conan has said.  Zenobia laughs wickedly, compliments Conan on his cleverness, then pulls a vial out of her belt.  She sneeringly tells them that it is poison and they are all going to die………

NEXT WEEK

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHARIOT OF DEATH

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