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In 1980, People magazine revealed some consequences of continental nuclear testing for American citizens. The magazine disclosed that of some 220 cast and crew who filmed a 1956 film, The Conqueror, (produced by Howard Hughes) on location near St. George, Utah, ninety-one had come down with cancer, with an unheard of 41 per cent morbidity rate. Of these, forty-six had died of cancer by 1980. Among the victims were John Wayne, Agnes Moorehead, Pedro Armendáriz, John Hoyt, Lee Van Cleef and Susan Hayward, the stars of the film. See also [ downwinders ]