The Mighty Peking Man

The Mighty Peking Man

90 mins | Action, Adventure, Horror, Fantasy | Aug. 11, 1977

Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.

The Mighty Peking Man

90 mins | Action, Adventure, Horror, Fantasy | Aug. 11, 1977

The Mighty Peking Man
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Shaw Brothers
Original title 猩猩王
Directors Chen Yung-Lieh, Hung Hak, Ho Meng-Hua
Writers Ni Kuang

Cast

Evelyne Kraft

as "Samantha" / Ah Wei

Danny Lee Sau-Yin

as Johnnie Fang / Johnny Chen Zheng Feng

Ku Feng

as Lu Tien

Lam Wai-Tiu

as Chen Shi Yu

Hsiao Yao

as Huang Tsui Hua

Chen Ping

as Lucy

Norman Chui Siu-Keung

as Dr. Ah Long

Ng Hong-Sang

as Dr. Ah Pi, anthropologist

Wang Han-Chen

as Views Peking Man at stadium

Lee Sau-Kei

as Views Peking Man at stadium

Gam Tin-Chue

as Man in his kitchen window

Chin Chun

as Man in the bedroom

Ting Tung

as Ship crew

Man Man

as Native

Tang Wing-Siu

as Policeman

Tam Ying

as Spectator at stadium

Yeung Kei

as Spectator at stadium

Mama Hung

as Spectator at pier

Wong Kung-Miu

as Spectator at hotel window