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The Chairman

  • 19691969
  • M/PGM/PG
  • 1h 33m
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The Chairman (1969)
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by the Chinese.
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During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by the Chinese.During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by the Chinese.During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by the Chinese.
IMDb RATING
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1.3K
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    • J. Lee Thompson
    • Jay Richard Kennedy(novel)
    • Ben Maddow(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gregory Peck
    • Anne Heywood
    • Arthur Hill
    • J. Lee Thompson
    • Jay Richard Kennedy(novel)
    • Ben Maddow(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gregory Peck
    • Anne Heywood
    • Arthur Hill
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    • 25User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck
    • John Hathaway
    Anne Heywood
    Anne Heywood
    • Kay Hanna
    Arthur Hill
    Arthur Hill
    • Shelby
    Alan Dobie
    • Benson
    Conrad Yama
    • The Chairman
    Zienia Merton
    Zienia Merton
    • Ting Ling
    Ori Levy
    Ori Levy
    • Shertov
    Ric Young
    Ric Young
    • Yin
    • (as Eric Young)
    Burt Kwouk
    Burt Kwouk
    • Chang Shou
    Alan White
    • Gardner
    Keye Luke
    Keye Luke
    • Professor Soong Li
    Francesca Tu
    Francesca Tu
    • Soong Chu
    • (as Francisca Tu)
    Mai Ling
    • Stewardess
    Gordon Sterne
    • U.S. Airforce Sergeant
    Robert Lee
    Robert Lee
    • Hotel Night Manager
    Helen Horton
    Helen Horton
    • Susan Wright
    Keith Bonnard
    • Chinese Officer
    Cecil Cheng
    • Soldier (Baggage)
      • J. Lee Thompson
      • Jay Richard Kennedy(novel)
      • Ben Maddow(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Used the lab set left over from Fox's Fantastic Voyage (1966).
    • Goofs
      As John Hathaway is making his escape from China, he's seen driving a British army scout car.
    • Quotes

      [Last lines]

      John Hathaway: Yes, it's going to be a rough world. Do you want to stay or do you want to go ?

      Kay Hanna: I'll stay.

      [Embrace and walk together in the distance]

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    8/10
    Cold war oddity
    Gregory Peck is a scientist. He is sent on a mysterious mission to China, where it turns out a scientist has developed an amazingly beneficial enzyme, and thinks Peck is the only man who can work out how to duplicate it for mass production, cure all known diseases, etc. Peck and said scientist are idealists who want to share it with the world, while the US and Chinese governments just want it for themselves. And, to make the whole thing more credible, Peck is equipped with a micro-transmitter in his brain which monitors his physical status and bugs his every conversation, including the one he has after playing table tennis with Chairman Mao.

    It sounds silly, and, frankly, it is, but the espionage and the attempts to detect it are fairly tense, and Gregory Peck indulges in a fair number of good old humanitarian rants which suggest that Chinese totalitarianism and US militarism aren't necessarily wonderful things either.

    I rather enjoyed it.
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      • July 1969 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Chinese
      • English
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      • Taiwan
    • Production companies
      • APJAC Productions
      • Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
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