The Chairman

The Chairman (1969)

If the Red Chinese don't kill him... a computer in London will!

  • Genre: Action, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1969-06-25
  • User Rating: 5.5/10 from 17 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: APJAC Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Summary

An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to fail, he can be eliminated at the push of a button!

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  • Gregory Peck

    as John Hathaway
  • Anne Heywood

    as Kay Hanna
  • Arthur Hill

    as Shelby
  • Alan Dobie

    as Benson
  • Keye Luke

    as Professor Soong Li
  • Zienia Merton

    as Ting Ling
  • Conrad Yama

    as The Chairman
  • Ori Levy

    as Shertov
  • Burt Kwouk

    as Chang Shou
  • Ric Young

    as Yin
  • Alan White

    as Gardner
  • Anthony Chinn

    as Chinese Officer
  • Laurence Herder

    as Russian Guard
  • Helen Horton

    as Susan Wright
  • Robert Lee

    as Hotel Night Manager
  • Francesca Tu

    as Soong Chu
Writing Ben Maddow Screenplay
Directing J. Lee Thompson Director
Writing Jay Richard Kennedy Novel
Production Arthur P. Jacobs Executive Producer
Camera John Wilcox Director of Photography
Production Joseph Lenzi Associate Producer
Production Weston Drury Jr. Casting
Art Peter Mullins Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Anna Duse Costume Design
Sound Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Composer
Production Mort Abrahams Producer
Editing Richard Best Editor
Costume & Make-Up Trevor Crole-Rees Makeup Artist
Sound Dudley Messenger Sound Recordist
Costume & Make-Up Bernadette Ibbetson Hair Designer
Camera Bob Kindred Camera Operator
Directing Ferdinand Fairfax Assistant Director
Sound Gordon K. McCallum Sound Recordist

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