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That Lady from Peking (1969)

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Film details

Featuring

Nancy Kwan Carl Betz Bobby Rydell
Director

Eddie Davis
Country

Australia
Year

1969
Genre

Thriller
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The Lady from Peking Working

Synopsis

An American newspaper reporter is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging the escape, the diplomat must turn over to the newspaper reporter a diary revealing the true events taking place in Red China. The defector is killed, and the newspaper reporter after several chases obtains the diary from "That Lady From Peking," the diplomat's daughter.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Sue Ten Chan
    
    Nancy Kwan
  - Max Foster
    
    Carl Betz
  - Buddy Foster
    
    Bobby Rydell
  - Benny Segal
    
    Sid Melton
  - flunky
    
    Jack Thompson
Credits
- Direction:
  - Eddie Davis
  - Warwick Freeman
  Production:
  - Goldsworthy Productions
  - Eddie Davis
  Photography:
  - Mick Bornemann
  Editing:
  - Anthony Buckley
  Music:
  - Bob Young

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