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Cast
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Maria Yi | ... |
Chow Mei
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James Tien | ... |
Hsiu Chien
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Ying-Chieh Han | ... | |
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Malalene | ... |
Miss Wuman
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Tony Liu | ... |
Hsiao Chiun (Mi's son)
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Kun Li | ... |
Ah Kun
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Nora Miao | ... |
Drinkstand owner
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San Chin | ... |
Hua Sze
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Chih Chen | ... |
Foreman
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Chia-Cheng Tu | ... |
Uncle
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Tso Chen | ... |
Ice Factory Manager
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Billy Chan | ... |
(as Hui-yi Chen)
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Lung Chan | ... |
Gatekeeper /
Blue Shirt Henchman
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Ching-Ying Lam | ... |
Ah Yen (Cheng's cousin)
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Chein is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at a ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factor, the resulting mystery and pressures forces him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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Country:
Hong KongLanguage:
CantoneseRelease Date:
3 October 1971 (Hong Kong) See more »Also Known As:
The Big Boss See more »Filming Locations:
Pak Chong, ThailandBox Office
Budget:
$100,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Runtime:
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Cheng Chao-an: Uncle, is this it?
Uncle: Yes, right over there. That's the town, Cheng. That's right. Not much further to go.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The Thai brothel featured in the film was actually a genuine and functioning brothel. The extras who feature in these scenes (excluding Malalene's character) were actual prostitutes who were paid more by Golden Harvest than they would normally receive in a day by their clients so that they could appear in the film. See more »Goofs
When Cheng Chaon slides the ice down the ramp and it crashes, a bar can be seen placed on the ramp to assist the crashing. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Cheng Chao-an: Uncle, is this it?
Uncle: Yes, right over there. That's the town, Cheng. That's right. Not much further to go.
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After years of trying to get into Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong and began his efforts with this low-budget martial-arts thriller. The result - an Asian box-office smash which made Lee an overnight sensation in the East. Whilst its not a great film or Lee's best work, it is an definite film classic that really opened the door for the martial-arts genre, as well as kicking off Lee's career. The story sees Lee coming to work in Banghok with his cousins in an ice factory, where he soon discovers sinister operations taking place under the thumb of the title villain. Like Lee's other films, the action builds up through the film to impressively staged fight scenes, all topped by a dramatic, all-out climatic bout between Lee and the Big Boss. Breakthrough stuff but the best (and the West) was yet to come.