Noble House

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Noble House ★★½ 1988

Continuation of James Clavell's Hong Kong series, following “Tai-Pan,” and set in the present day. Ian Dunross (Brosnan) is the head of Struan and Company, Hong Kong's leading trading company, which is being undermined by the nefarious Quillan Gornt (Rhys-Davies) who plots to destroy his archrival. American businesswoman Casey Tcholok (the bland Raffin) serves as Dunross' love interest. Originally a four-part TV miniseries partially filmed on location. 350m/C VHS . Pierce Brosnan, John Rhys-Davies, Deborah Raffin, Ben Masters, Julia Nickson-Soul, Khigh (Kaie Deei) Deigh, Tia Carrere, Gordon Jackson; D: Gary Nelson; W: Eric Bercovici; C: Cristiano Pogany; M: Paul Chihara.

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