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Original title:鱷潭群英會 / È tán qún yīng huì
Year: 1976
Country: China
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060000705324
Image: -
HDR: -
Audio: Mandarin, English
Subtitles: English
Rating: -
Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Angela Mao
Director: Shan-Hsi Ting
Synopsis:
Perhaps even God can't save the Queen in Golden Harvest's A Queen's Ransom (also known as International Assassin ), an explosive action-thriller starring George Lazenby ( The Man from Hong Kong ), Angela Mao ( Lady Whirlwind ) and the legendary Jimmy Wang Yu ( The One-Armed Swordsman ).
As Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Hong Kong for a state visit, a band of skilled mercenaries plan her assassination. Contracted by an Irish Republican (Lazenby), the international group of hired killers includes a Japanese explosives expert (Chang Pei-shan), a Thai boxer (Bolo Yeung), a Filipino sniper (Peter Chan Lung) and a veteran of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Wang Yu). As the conspirators move to carry out their plot, two police officials (Ko Chun-Hsiung and Charles Heung) work with a young socialite (Tanny Tien Ni) in a race against time to save the Monarch's head – while also trying to manage a crisis that has brought a huge number of refugees to Hong Kong, including a young Burmese princess (Mao).
Written and directed by Ting Shan-hsi ( Rebel Boxer ), A Queen's Ransom was Golden Harvest's attempt to capitalize on the popular success of the political thriller in the wake of The Day of the Jackal . Eureka Classics is proud to present the film for the first time ever on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration.
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