- HD 1080
- Runtime: 93m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Director: J. Lee Thompson
- Stars: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Alan Dobie, Keye Luke
- keywords: spy, cold war, countdown
- Production_studio: APJAC Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Slogan: If the Red Chinese don't kill him... a computer in London will!
- The The Chairman is featured in the top rankings of 1969
- #35 in Top Action Movies of 1969
- #30 in Top Thriller Movies of 1969
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!