The Mighty Peking Man

IMDb 5.1 1977 • 90 min • ActionFantasyAdventureHorror

Director

Ho Meng-Hua

Country

HK

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Evelyne Kraft
Evelyne Kraft Ah Wei
Danny Lee Sau-Yin
Danny Lee Sau-Yin Johnny Chen Zheng Feng
Ku Feng
Ku Feng Lu Tien
Lam Wai-Tiu
Lam Wai-Tiu Chen Shi Yu
Hsiao Yao
Hsiao Yao Huang Tsui Hua