The Mighty Peking Man

The Mighty Peking Man (1977) is a action, fantasy film directed by Ho Meng-Hua rated 5.1/10.

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.

Cast

Evelyne Kraft

Ah Wei

Danny Lee Sau-Yin

Johnny Chen Zheng Feng

Ku Feng

Lu Tien

Lam Wai-Tiu

Chen Shi Yu

Norman Tsui Siu-Keung

Dr. Ah Long

Ng Hong-Sang

Dr. Ah Pi

Ted Thomas

Commissioner

Steve Nicholson

Commissioner's Aide

Hsiao Yao

Huang Tsui Hua

Chen Ping

Lucy

Lee Sau-Kei

Views Peking Man at Stadium

Wang Han-Chen

Views Peking Man at Stadium (uncredited)