THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN / Shaw Bros. - 1977

Seems like producer Dino De Laurentis opened a big can of Guzanos back in 1976 with his remake of KING KONG. Shortly after that, there was the campy piece of crud, QUEEN KONG, and then tonight's offering from Hong Kong, THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN! The original title is GOLIATHON and it's rated PG-13.

Welcome everbloody to Friday Night Drive-In, here at The Dungeon, with yer host Tabonga and his lil' helper freek, Ralphie The Tarantula!!

The music is composed by a Dungeon Favorite, Yung-Yu Chen! Mr. Chen had 174 composing credits and worked on all these productions and more... DUEL OF THE IRON FIST, THE HUMAN GODDESS, THE DEVIL'S MIRROR, SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON, FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH, SACRED KNIVES OF VENGENCE, BLACK TAVERN, THE BASTARD, THE PIRATE, THE SUGAR DADDIES, BRUCE TAKES DRAGON TOWN, THE GODFATHER FROM HONG KONG, 5 MASTERS OF DEATH, INFRAMAN, BRUCE LEE AGAINST SUPERMEN, MY BEWITCHED WIFE, NAKED FISTS OF TERROR, BIG BAD SIS, KILLER CLANS, CRAZY SEX, THE OILY MANIAC, THE DRUG CONNECTION, COBRA GIRL, KUNG FU WARLORDS, MANTIS FISTS AND TIGER CLAWS OF SHAOLIN, PALACE CARNAGE, FIVE DEADLY VENOMS, LOVE OF THE WHITE SNAKE, BANK BUSTERS, CRIPPLED AVENGERS, THE RECKLESS CRICKET and SHAOLIN HELLGATE! phew

Okay Ralphie, c'mon in and take care of bidniz... In other woids, it's time to push that big red 'GO' button that's attached to our Eariffic Earclip for tonight, here's... THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN!

After reading about the Peking Man in the newspapers, a group of explorers set out and locate the area where the creature had been sighted. They set up camp.

Here's popular Danny Lee as Johnnie Fang, he doesn't notice the big ape's hand coming up behind him! Danny had 120 acting credits and 22 producing credits, not bad!

Here's what the movie's all about for Tabonga, stunning knockout Evelyne Kraft as half naked jungle girl and pal to the big ape, Ah Wei! She's the reason the movies rated PG-13! We'll get to that...

Sadly, she recently died suddenly of heart failure in Jan., 2009, at the age of 57 and had long retired from film. She had 13 acting credits.

Ah Wei shows Johnnie the wreckage of her parent's plane.

She recounts how the Peking Man saved her from the wreck and raised her in the jungle. So, where did her clothes comes from?

Then, of all things, Ah Wei gets bitten by a viper very near the danger zone, Johnnie first sucks the venom out of the wound, then applies this poultice to it!

This scene is totally whack, but very fun at the same time!

Evelyne's left boob hangs out of her top for probably a total of 2-3 minutes throughout the movie, making things quite enjoyable!

Here, see strips off her new clothes and throws them out the porthole, she hates them that much! They were short shorts and a tight fitting top!

Here's a shot of the sleazy cast of characters trying to make a buck off the Peking Man back in Hong Kong, then the world... Hey, look, there's Goober!!

The P Man is F'ing C Sik!!! Look at them big old feets!.. Anybloody gots a giant feather?

All they can do is ride it out, but at least they're inside something!

It looks like he had to sit on his own poop, so, it's a good thing there was a storm!!

When they get to Hong Kong, everbloody's all excited to get a peek at the Peking Man!

But, all anybloody wants to do is throw rotten tomatoes at him! No matter how hard I try, I don't get it!

You'd think Dick Cheney was running the show!

Two great shots as the P Man escapes into the city!

Of course, the military has to get involved!

Lookin' both ways!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....

...ZERO!!

It's pretty gruesome to watch P Man in flames before he plunges over the side of the building to his flaming death.

Johnnie carries Ah Wei to safety after the wild ordeal.

Ghoulnight Everbloody!!