Conan the Liberator, which pits the by-now 40-year-old hero with the  "python grip" against the tyrannical and mad king Numedides. Leading a  rebel army that hacks its way through the country, Conan's success seems  imminent, until the evil sorcerer Thulandra Thuu, his beautiful and  deceitful servant, Alcina, and a mysterious illness threaten to destroy  his ranks.