A Queen's Ransom
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{{Infobox film
| name = A Queen's Ransom
| image = AQueensRansom.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none
| t = 鱷潭群英會
| s = 鳄潭群英会
| p = È Tán Qún Yīng Huì
| j = Ngok6 Taam6 Kwan4 Jing1 Wui2}}
| director = Ting Shan-hsi
| producer = Raymond Chow
| screenplay = Ting Shan-hsi
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = Jimmy Wang Yu
Angela Mao
George Lazenby
Judith Brown
Ko Chun-hsiung
Charles Heung
Dean Shek
| music = Stanley Chow
| cinematography =
| editing = Peter Cheung
| studio = Golden Harvest
| distributor = Golden Harvest
| released = {{Film date|1976|9|16|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = Hong Kong
| language = Mandarin
| budget =
| gross = HK$553,290.10
}}
A Queen's Ransom ({{zh|t=鱷潭群英會}}), also known as The International Assassin, is a 1976 Hong Kong action film about a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. The film was written and directed by Ting Shan-hsi and starred Jimmy Wang Yu, Angela Mao, George Lazenby, Judith Brown, Ko Chun-hsiung, Charles Heung and Dean Shek, whom also serves as the film's assistant director.
Plot
During Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Hong Kong in 1975, a group of criminals plan her assassination.
Cast
- Jimmy Wang Yu as Jimmy Viet Cong Guerilla
- Angela Mao as Maria Cambodian Martial Artist & A Commy
- George Lazenby as Morgan
- Judith Brown as Black Rose
- Ko Chun-hsiung as Police chief Gao The Detective
- Charles Heung as Police detective Karate Master
- Dean Shek as Duck Egg
- {{ill|Tien Ni|Fr|Tanny|zh|恬妮}} as Jenny
- Chan Pei-shan as Miyamoto Japanese Red Army Triggerman
- Bolo Yeung as Ram Thai Bodybuilder.
- Hao Li-jen as Ducky's uncle
- Hon Yee-sang as Cambodian
- Cheung King-po as Bandit
- Wong Sam as Police department
- Peter Chan as Chen Lung
- Chu Tit-wo as Police detective
- Helen Poon as Gao's wife
- Wu Jiaxiang
- Luk Chuen as Princess' guard who fights with shark
- Ling Hon as Policeman
- Wan Leng-kwong as Policeman
- Dabid Chung as Noda
- Han Ying-chieh as Princess' guard with sword
- Yue Man-wa as Police detective
- Cheung Siu-lun
- Sze-ma Wah-lung
- Kong Chuen
Production
Taiwanese director Ting Shan-hsi was hired by Golden Harvest off the back of his successful film, Everlasting Glory (1974).[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/CulturalService/filmprog/en_text/2013gh/2013gh_film13.html Program description of film] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501235939/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/CulturalService/filmprog/en_text/2013gh/2013gh_film13.html |date=1 May 2014 }} accessed 1 May 2014
It was the last of three films George Lazenby made for Golden Harvest, the others being Stoner and The Man from Hong Kong.[http://www.cityonfire.com/queens-ransom-a-1976-review-george-lazenby-jimmy-wang-yu/ A Queens Ransom] at Cityonfire.com[http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com.au/2008/12/queens-ransom-1976.html A Queen's Ransom review] at Temple of Schlock
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0074450}}
- [http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5003 A Queen's Ransom] at The Spinning Image
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Category:1970s action thriller films
Category:1976 martial arts films
Category:Hong Kong action thriller films
Category:Hong Kong martial arts films
Category:Police detective films
Category:1970s Cantonese-language films
Category:Films set in Hong Kong
Category:Films shot in Hong Kong
Category:Films about Elizabeth II
Category:Films about terrorism
Category:Films about assassinations
Category:Films directed by Ting Shan-hsi
Category:1970s Hong Kong films
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