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A 1967 British Sci-Fi Thriller directed by Creator/MontgomeryTully that has a rogue faction of the Chinese army lead by a fanatical General (Creator/MartinBenson) digging a tunnel to the US.

The movie also stars Creator/KerwinMathews, Creator/RobertAyres, Creator/PeterArne, Creator/AlMulock, Creator/EarlCameron, Creator/JohnBrandon, and Creator/EdBishop.

It was released in October 1967.

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!Tropes for the film:
* DiggingToChina: The Chinese tunnel to America to plant nuclear bombs. It's not ''intentionally'' funny.
* DrillTank: Important to the plot is the usage of laser drill vehicles by both the [[RenegadeRussian rogue]] Chinese general and his army and [[AmericaSavesTheDay the Americans]] to burrow underground and plant nuclear weapons on strategic locations that will destroy the United States (and the fight to stop said placing). While the Americans' laser drill is a prototype that craps out real quick, the Chinese drill is a perfect example of this trope, heavily armored and capable of using said lasers to [[OneHitKill insta-kill]] people.
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Dr. Kengh Lee of the Chinese insurgents studied in Western universities, and is kind enough to compliment them. Then he returns to work on destroying the United States with atom bombs.
* {{Tagline}}: "The greatest adventure on Earth...is under it!".
* YellowPeril: The Chinese military is tunneling under the Pacific so they can plant atomic bombs under US cities. A ''slight'' amount of subtelty was added to this by making the BigBad a renegade general who'd already set up nukes under Beijing.

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