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Goliathon (The Mighty Peking Man)
Goliathon (The Mighty Peking Man)
Directed by	Ho Meng-hua
Written by	Kuang Ni
Produced by	Runme Shaw; Vee King Shaw
Starring	Danny Lee ; Evelyne Kraft; Hsiao Yao; Ku Feng; Lin Wei-tu
Narrated by	Gregory Snegoff
Cinematography	Tsao Hui-chi; Wu Cho-hua
Edited by	Chiang Hsing-Lung; Pepita Fairfax; Thom Noble
Music by	Yung Yu-Chen; DeWolfe
Production; company	Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio; World Northal Corporation (US, 1980); Rolling Thunder Pictures (US, 1999)
Release dates	11 August 1977 (Hong Kong); 19 March 1980 (United States);
Running time	91 minutes (Hong Kong); 88 minutes (US, 1980)
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Mandarin; English (dubbed)

The Mighty Peking Man or Goliathon is a 1977 Hong Kong adventure monster movie produced by Shaw Brothers Studio to capitalize on the attempted surrounding the King Kong (1976). The film was originally released in the US in March 19, 1980 as Goliathon dubbed by Les Filmes Jacques Willemetz-Paris. as the critics entry for Infra-Man. as a mockbuster of King Kong probably made by Hong Kong cinema and Japanese special effects. this film later inspired by the mockbuster Powerpuff-inspired series, Nutri Ventures or Mighty King Man by Bob Boyle.

Synopsis

A giant Himalayan cryptid-like ape named Utam, Johhny find tries to save a sexy Russian Tarzanette from a sleazy show-biz promoter. then in a earthquake middle of the Himalayas erupting the mountain where the ape monster called Peking Man goes rampage in a nearby village. Arriving in India, Johnny finds an giant footprint from a 70-foot creature. In middle of morning where Johnny surround Utam's hand and drops down and attacking him, saved by Samantha. and finds a crashing plane wherabouts herself by parents killed. then in flashback, Samantha as a child arriving a giant cryptid. Samantha went eating fruit, a snake bitten her the thigh and a jaguar brawls off the snake. in nightfall, Utam tells leaving India, then move on. they captured by Lu Tien catching Utam was carried by a tanker ship as a exhibit in Hong Kong Stadium, the ship went underby storm and crashing onto the rock and pushes left. next morning when the crowd where Utam pushed by a chains onto the dump trucks and a wheel loaders. Utam shows Samantha slapped by Lu Tien, escaping Utam inside the cage breaks, Utam finds Samantha, wrecking the buildings. Utam smashing the window holds Lu Tien grabs by creature's hand and throws Lu Tien on the ground, and squashed his foot also killed. Utam went angrily to destroy several humans, buildings. arrived by a military armored cars and helicopters to shoot Utam. the creature climbing the Connaught Centre or Jardine House attacked by helicopters. to surrender Utam stopped by Samantha, continue to firing the creature. Utam destroyed the chopper, the army detonating the water tanks by gas and time bomb to explode the creature. Utam saving Samantha by an bombs inside the building, then Utam burns onto the fire his back onto and fell off the building and exploded Utam to rubble. Johnny find Samantha dead.

Cast

Danny Lee - Johnny Feng (Gregory Snegoff, voice)
Evelyne Kraft - Samantha (Mickie McGowan, voice)
Ku Feng - Lu Tien (Barry Haigh, voice)
Lin Wei-tu - David Chen
Norman Chui - Ah Lung
Keizo Murase - Utam/Ah Wang (Peking Man)
Ted Thomas - Commissioner General (Ted Rusoff, voice)
Chen Ping - Lucy (Jessica Harper, voice)

also additional cast, Steve Nicholson as Soldier 11, Alexander Grand as Radio operator, Hsiao Yao, Chen Ping, Corey Yuen

Release dates

Canada	9 December 1983
United States	March 19, 1980/April 23, 1999 (Re-release)
Mexico	3 December 1979
Portugal	May 24, 1978
Germany	20 January 1978
Brazil	24 December 1979
Argentina	6 January 1981
Australia	13 September 1979
Poland	20 January 1981
Spain	12 June 1981
France	28 September 1983
Hong Kong	11 August 1977
Russia	1 April 1981
Philippines	6 April 1980
Indonesia	16 April 1998
Turkey	13 May 1980
Denmark	26 December 1979
Italy	22 November 1978
South Korea	30 September 1981
Japan	4 March 1978

Trivia

production begins in 1976, Shaw Brothers producing an monster movie in 1977, called Mighty Peking Man or Xing Xing Wang/Orangutan King special effects done by a Japanese crew include, Keizo Murase, Sadamasa Arikawa and Koichi Kawakita creating miniatures, vehicle models and the creature Peking Man or Utam in English dub, by themselves. filmed in India and Hong Kong from 1976 to 1977.