That Lady from Peking (1975)
1h 33m
Running Time
November 13, 1975Release Date
That Lady from Peking (1975)
1h 33m
Running Time
November 13, 1975Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Carl Betz
Max Foster

Nancy Kwan
Sue Ten Chan

Bobby Rydell
Buddy Foster

Sid Melton
Benny Segal

Don Reid
Spronsky

Eva Lynd
Natalia

Vicki Benet
Tess

Sandy Gore
Marisa Russo

Owen Weingott
Barina

Graham Rouse
Varitch

Kevin Golsby
Butcher

Penny Sugg
Shirley

John Warwick
Inspector

Robert Bruning
Karl

Ruth Cracknell
Fortune Teller

Peter Carver
The Skipper

Brian Evis
CIA Man

Brian Moll
Father Leonard

Peter Armstrong
Flunky

Jack Thompson
Flunky

Eddie Davis
Writer

Bob Young
Music

Reginald Goldsworthy
Executive Producer

Eddie Davis
Producer / Director

Mick von Bornemann
Director of Photography

Anthony Buckley
Editor

James Fishburn
Casting

Sid Fort
Art Direction

Peter Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator

Rita Cavill
Script Supervisor

Heather Burlison
Wardrobe Supervisor

John Appleton
Sound

Gaye Evans
Makeup Artist

John Damichi
Hairstylist

Warwick Freeman
Assistant Director
Details.
This Movie Is About.
nightclub
brotherhood
hong kong
meatpacker
church bells
bomb explosion
crooner
russian spy
macguffin
luna park
soviet defector
sydney harbour bridge
chinese communist party
Wiki.
That Lady from Peking is an Australian crime film written, produced and directed by Eddie Davis and starring Carl Betz, Nancy Kwan and Bobby Rydell. Although filmed in 1969, it was not screened commercially until 1975.
It was the last of three films Eddie Davis made in Australia.