That Lady from Peking (1975)

overview : Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape, the diplomat must turn over to Foster a diary revealing the true events taking place in China. While making his escape, the defector is killed ant the diary vanishes. The reporter sets off on a search for it, from Hong Kong to Australia. The chase ends in an action-filled climax, with the journalist finally meeting up with "That Lady from Peking" (Nancy Kwan) - the diplomat's daughter.

Release Date : Nov 13, 1975

Runtime : 1h 33m

Genre : Crime  Drama  

Companies : Commonwealth United Entertainment, Goldsworthy

Countries : Australia, United States of America

Keywords : nightclub, brotherhood, hong kong, meatpacker, church bells, bomb explosion, crooner, russian spy, macguffin, luna park, soviet defector, sydney harbour bridge, chinese communist party