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Director
  
Eddie Davis

Genres
  
Drama, Crime Fiction

Writer
  
Eddie Davis

Language
  
English

6.4/10
IMDb

Editor
  
Anthony Buckley

Duration
  

Country
  
Australia

That Lady from Peking Bobby Rydell That Lady From Peking 1975 Unreleased Soundtrack

Release date
  
13 November 1975

Cast
  
Bobby Rydell
,
Nancy Kwan
,
Carl Betz
,
Eva Lynd
,
Sid Melton

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That Lady from Peking is an Australian crime film directed by Eddie Davis and starring Carl Betz, Nancy Kwan and Bobby Rydell. Although shot in 1969 it was not screened commercially until 1975.

Contents

It was the last of three films Eddie Davis made in Australia.

Plot

A defecting Russian diplomat has arranged to meet with author Max Foster in Hong Kong, promising a diary that will tell the truth about Red China. The diplomat is murdered and Foster tries to find the diary, which takes him to Sydney. Chinese, Russian and American spies take after him.

Cast

  • Carl Betz - Max Foster
  • Nancy Kwan - Sue Ten Chan
  • Bobby Rydell - Buddy Foster
  • Sid Melton - Bunny Segal
  • Don Reid - Spronsky
  • Eva Lynd - Natalia
  • Vicki Benet - Tess
  • Owen Weingott - Barina
  • Sandy Gore - Marisa Russo
  • Graham Rouse - Varitch
  • Kevin Golsby - Butcher
  • Penny Sugg - Shirley
  • John Warwick - Inspector
  • Susan Jarett - Lydia
  • Robert Bruning - Karl
  • Jack Thompson - spy
  • Production

    Shooting began in Sydney in July 1969, with some exteriors shot in Hong Kong.

    Release

    The film was poorly received, commercially and critically.

    References

    That Lady from Peking Wikipedia
    That Lady from Peking IMDb