Goliathon (1977)

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87 min - Action | Adventure | Horror - March 1980 (USA)

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Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong... See full summary »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Evelyne Kraft	...	Ah Wei
	Danny Lee	...	Johnnie Fang (as Li Hsiu-Hsien)
	Feng Ku	...	Lu Tiem
	Wei Tu Lin	...	Chen Shi-yu
	Norman Chu	...	Ah Lung (as Shao-Chiang Hsu)
	Hang-Sheng Wu	...	Ah Pi
	Theodore Thomas
	Steve Nicholson
	Yao Hsiao	...	Huang Tsui-hua
	Ping Chen	...	Lucy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Yi-Hsiung Chi
	Chuen Chiang
	Szu-ying Chien
	Chun Chin
	Tien-chu Chin

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Storyline

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. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Action...Excitement...Spectacle beyond your wildest dreams! See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and sensuality (re-rating) (2000) See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

March 1980 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

The Mighty Peking Man See more »

Filming Locations:

Mysore, Karnataka, India

Box Office

Budget:

HKD 6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,873 (USA) (25 April 1999) (13 Screens)

Gross:

$16,138 (USA) (12 September 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shaw Brothers See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Japan: 87 min | USA: 90 min | Hong Kong: 86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

There were rumors that Teruyoshi Nakano started work on the special effects for this film, but his contract ran out, so Sadamasa Arikawa took over. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) See more »

Goliathon (1977)
Xing xing wang (original title)

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