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Overview
Release Date:
8 June 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
Bruce Lee challenges the underworld to a Game of Death.Plot:
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
GET SET FOR A SOARING FISTIC ACTION FLICK! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bruce Lee | ... | Billy Lo | |
| Colleen Camp | ... | Ann Morris | |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Dr. Land | |
| Gig Young | ... | Jim Marshall | |
| Tai Chung Kim | ... | Billy Lo | |
| Biao Yuen | ... | Billy Lo (as Bill Yuen) | |
| Robert Wall | ... | Carl Miller | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | ... | Hakim | |
| Mel Novak | ... | Stick | |
| Hugh O'Brian | ... | Steiner | |
| James Tien | ... | Charlie Wang | |
| Dan Inosanto | ... | Pasqual (as Danny Inosanto) | |
| Chuck Norris | ... | Colt (archive footage) | |
| Roy Chiao | ... | Henry Lo | |
| Russell Cawthorne | ... | Surgeon |
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85 min | Germany:92 min | Hong Kong:103 min (original premiere) | Hong Kong:125 min | Hong Kong:54 min (current existing footage) | Japan:115 min | Japan:40 min (2000 incomplete version) | USA:100 min | USA:110 min (original premiere) | USA:35 min (2000 incomplete version)Color:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:16 | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Finland:K-16 (cut)MOVIEmeter: 
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Chuck Norris threatened legal action against Golden Harvest for giving him screen credit for this film. Norris's appearance in the film is archive footage from Meng long guo jiang (1972). moreGoofs:
Continuity: Size of footprint on Lee's chest. moreSoundtrack:
Will This be the Song I'll be Singing Tomorrow??? moreFAQ
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Ignore the many carpers out there and enjoy this movie for what it is,namely a pulse pounding,high-kicking fistic martial arts action flick which in the last 20 minutes is raised to celestial heights by the inclusion of three consecutive terrific fight sequences featuring the incomparable and majestic Bruce Lee.This is a quality production and is helmed expertly by Robert Clouse and begins in an effective way with the clever credits accompanied by one of composer John Barry's best action themes,so good in fact that it even enhances Lee's final fights.True,some of the doubling and effects are piss poor and the acting from many of the rest of the cast is embarrassingly bad,especially Gig Young who is spectacularly awful.He committed suicide shortly after this was released and one can see why.However,I doubt anyone went to see GAME OF DEATH in order to watch Gig Young in action but rather to see the greatest action star who has ever been or ever will be,if they were disappointed by what they saw in that magical final 20 minutes then I doubt anything could please them.Overall this is one great action movie.