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Kung Fu Alethea (22 March 1973)
Written by William Kelley
Directed by John Badham
Cast
Radames Pera ... Young Kwai Chang Caine
R.L. Armstrong ... Clancy Pratt
Regis Cordic ... Stoddard (as Regis J. Cordic)
Khigh Dhiegh ... Shang Tzu
Jodie Foster ... Alethea Patricia Ingram
Dale Ishimoto ... Chinese Sergeant
Lee J. Lambert ... Tork Witner
Keye Luke ... Master Po
Byron Mabe ... Cranch
William Mims ... Jezdale
Kenneth Tobey ... Sheriff Ingram
Charles Tyner ... Larrabee
Frank Wilcox ... Judge Moon
Caine comes across nine-year-old Alethea, who is playing a mandolin while waiting for the stagecoach to take her to her uncle's house. Despite the racism of the adults present, they immediately become friends. When the stage arrives, two bandits attack it and kill the drivers, but Alethea believes that she saw Caine shoot one of the drivers. Alethea's uncle, Sheriff Ingram, arrests Caine, and despite her affection for him, Alethea tells the truth about what she saw, and Caine is convicted of murder.
Alethea is sorry that telling the truth will hurt her new friend, but Caine assures her that telling the truth is important. When Caine is on the scaffold, Alethea stops the execution by claiming that she lied during her testimony, and only said that Caine was a murderer because he is Chinese. Caine is freed.
Alethea is unhappy that she told a lie, but Caine offers to take the lie away from her. To do this, he tracks down the two bandits and captures them.
Last edited by Eugene on Sat May 22, 2010 6:06 pm; edited 2 times in total
