The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
July 31, 1975Release Date
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
July 31, 1975Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jimmy Wang Yu
Fang
George Lazenby
Wilton
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Morrie Grosse
Roger Ward
Bob Taylor
Roger Ward
Bob Taylor
Rosalind Speirs
Caroline Thorne
Grant Page
Assassin
Rebecca Gilling
Angelica
Frank Thring
Willard
Bill Hunter
Peterson
Sammo Hung
Win Chan
John Orcsik
Charles
Deryck Barnes
Veterinary Doctor
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Director
Geoff Brown
Thug
Raymond Chow Man-Wai
Producer
Ian Jamieson
Drug Courier
Peter Armstrong
Wilton's Bodyguard
Rangi Nikora
Wilton's Bodyguard
Noel Quinlan
Composer
Bob Hicks
Wilton's Bodyguard
Russell Boyd
Cinematographer
Max Aspin
Wilton's Bodyguard
Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Editor
Ron Williams
Editor
Yuen Biao
Karateka
Corey Yuen
Karateka
Lam Ching-Ying
Karateka
Roy Chiao
Fang (voice)
Elaine Wong
Chinese Girl
Kevin Broadribb
Heavy
Robert Fay
Wilton's Bodyguard
Ruth Erica
Target Girl
Lam Hak-Ming
Karateka
Tong Kam-Tong
Karateka
Yeung Sai-Gwan
Karateka
To Wai-Wo
Karateka
Ng Kit-Keung
Karateka
Chan Ming-Wai
Karateka
Cheung Chok-Chow
Cook
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Details.
Release DateJuly 31, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Content RatingR
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Wiki.
The Man from Hong Kong (Chinese: 直搗黃龍), originally released in the US as The Dragon Flies, is a 1975 action film written and directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith in his directorial debut and starring Jimmy Wang Yu and George Lazenby, with Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward, Rosalind Speirs, Rebecca Gilling, Sammo Hung, Grant Page and Frank Thring in supporting roles. The first film to be made as an international coproduction between Australia and Hong Kong, it serves as a satire of the James Bond and Dirty Harry franchises, combined with tropes of the concurrent chopsocky craze. Its plot follows Inspector Fang Sing Leng (Wang) of the RHKPF's Special Branch, who travels to Sydney to perform an extradition, only to find himself locked in battle with Jack Wilton (Lazenby), the city's most powerful crime lord.
Having gained experience as an editor of film trailers and director of television documentaries, Trenchard-Smith established a connection with Golden Harvest producers Raymond Chow and Andre Morgan while making two TV specials, The World of Kung Fu (1973) and Kung Fu Killers (1974). Originally conceived as a Bruce Lee vehicle, the film was reconfigured as Wang's English-language debut following Lee's death; much of the remaining cast and crew had previously worked on Trenchard-Smith's documentary films and on Sandy Harbutt's outlaw biker film Stone (1974). Its budget was jointly funded by Golden Harvest, Greater Union and the Australian Film Development Commission.The Man from Hong Kong features multiple large-scale action scenes with elaborate, dangerous stunts. It includes a fight scene between Hung and Ward atop Uluru/Ayers Rock as the film's opening setpiece, several car chases devised by Stone's Peter Armstrong, hang-gliding sequences performed over Hong Kong and Sydney Harbour by Page — who would achieve further recognition as the stunt coordinator of Mad Max (1979) — and a climactic battle between Wang and Lazenby in which the latter is briefly set on fire, which caused injury to the actor's hand. The film's theme song, "Sky High" by Jigsaw, became a one-hit wonder during the latter half of 1975.Although the film was released in a wide array of markets and turned a profit, The Man from Hong Kong was not the blockbuster Trenchard-Smith and the film's producers had hoped it would be upon its initial release; in Australia, its box office performance was limited as a result of its R rating. Later restored by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive, it has since garnered a cult following as one of the key films of the Ozploitation cycle and Trenchard-Smith's career, and was prominently featured in the documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008).