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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

A REPUBLIC SERIAL