Movie: "Tai-Pan"

Release Date: Nov 1986 Genre: Adventure Awards: 2 nominations Runtime: 127 min Cast: Bryan Brown (Dirk Struan) Joan Chen (May-May) John Stanton (Tyler Brock) Tim Guinee (Culum Struan) Bill Leadbitter (Gorth Brock) Russell Wong (Gordon Chen) Katy Behean (Mary Sinclair) Kyra Sedgwick (Tess Brock) Janine Turner (Shevaun Tillman) Norman Rodway (Aristotle Quance) John Bennett (Orlov) Derrick Branche (Vargas) Vic Armstrong (Drunken Sailor) Dickey Beer (Brecks's Crew) Chuang Cheng () Kuan Tai Chen (Pirate) Shu Chen () Rosemarie Dunham () Robert Easton () Richard Foo () Nicholas Gecks () Carol Gillies () Pat Gorman (British Merchant 2) Michael C. Gwynne () Billy Horrigan (Brecks's Crew) Denise Kellogg (Nude Model) Barbara Keogh () Lisa Lu () Bronco McLoughlin (Brecks's Crew) Bert Remsen () Patrick Ryecart () Rob Spendlove () Patty Toy () Jie Zhang ()

Storyline

Tai-Pan is Chinese for "supreme leader". This is the man with real power to his hands. And such a Tai-Pan is Dirk Struan who is obsessed by his plan to make Hong Kong the "jewel in the crown of her British Majesty". In 1841 he achieves his goal but he has many enemies who try to destroy his plans. Will they succeed?