The Chairman

IMDb link: 0064148
IMDb rating: 5.6 (1,568 votes)
Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Arthur Hill, Anne Heywood, Alan Dobie and others

Release date: 1 Jul 1969
Release year: 1969
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Keywords: undercover, spy mission, communist, chinese, military, soldier, top secret, soviet intelligence, cold war, computer

Plot:

An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to fail, he can be eliminated at the push of a button!

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