Synopsis & Context
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.
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- 猩猩王
- Release
- August 11, 1977
- Screen Time
- 1h 30min
- Rating
- PG
- Direction
- Ho Meng-Hua
- Original Language
- Chinese
- Country of Origin
- Hong Kong
- Production Status
- Released
Personas & 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)
