The Man from Hong Kong (1975)

Directors:

Brian Trenchard-Smith
Yu Wang

Writer:

Brian Trenchard-Smith (written by)

Release Date:

August 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Adventure

Tagline:

Fast! Fierce! Fantastic! Nothing can stop . . . . The Man from Hong Kong

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Gangster | City | Kung Fu | Corruption

Cast

Yu Wang	...	Inspector Fang Sing Leng (as Jimmy Wang Yu)
George Lazenby	...	Jack Wilton
Hugh Keays-Byrne	...	Morrie Grosse
Roger Ward	...	Bob Taylor
Rosalind Speirs	...	Caroline Thorne (as Ros Spiers)
Grant Page	...	Assassin
Rebecca Gilling	...	Angelica
Frank Thring	...	Willard
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Win Chan (as Hung Kam Po)
Deryck Barnes	...	Veterinarian
Bill Hunter	...	Peterson
Ian Jamieson	...	The Drug Courier
Elaine Wong	...	Chinese Girl
John Orcsik	...	Charles (as John Orschik)
Geoff Brown	...	Thug

Also Known As:

The Dragon Flies (USA)
Zhi dao huang long

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

Hong Kong | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1989) | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA (DVD) | UK:X (cut) | Australia:R | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:(Banned) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Australian Film Development Corporation, The

Trivia:

During the final fight, George Lazenby did the stunt where his character catches fire and goes on fighting himself - only for it to go wrong when he was unable to get his burning jacket off. The take of him struggling is kept in the movie.

Movie Connections:

References 55 Days at Peking (1963)

Soundtrack:

Sky High

Stupid but hugely entertaining martial arts schlock.

It's quite a trip watching 'The Man From Hong Kong' almost thirty years after it was made. Writer/Director Brian Trenchard-Smith went on to make the Aussie trash classic 'Turkey Shoot' and the early Nicole Kidman vehicle 'The BMX Bandits' so you know it's gonna be class all the way. 1970s buffs will get a kick out of seeing the One Armed Boxer himself (Jimmy Wang Yu) battling it out with "the Aussie Bond" George Lazenby. Their scenes together are very cheesy but a lot of fun. I almost kept expecting Jim Kelly to appear on screen at any moment ('Black Samurai' anyone?) The rest of the cast includes legendary Aussie camp icon Frank Thring, martial arts veteran Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, and half the cast of the biker classic 'Stone' (Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward, Rebecca Gilling, Ros Spiers, Bill Hunter). Yeah, that's right - BIKER CLASSIC. Keays-Byrne is a great favourite of mine. He's probably best known as Toecutter in 'Mad Max' (in which Ward played Fifi Macaffee), but was also in 'Mad Dog Morgan' and 'Salute Of The Jugger', two movies that have pride of place in my DVD collection. This man deserves a web page NOW! 'The Man From Hong Kong' is stupid but hugely entertaining martial arts schlock, and highly recommended. And boy, isn't that theme song catchy! I haven't been able to get it out of my head since 1975!