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A Queen's Ransom (1976)

A Queen's Ransom poster
Original title
鱷潭群英會
Directed by
Ting Shan-hsi
Genre
martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
IIB
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of assassins plots to kill Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Hong Kong. A team of heroes works to stop them.

fast-pacedaction-packedretroexplosivecampyadventuroushigh-stakes

What happens

A Queen's Ransom (Chinese: 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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