The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
July 31, 1975Release Date
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
July 31, 1975Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Jimmy Wang Yu
Fang / Second Unit Director
George Lazenby
Wilton
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Morrie Grosse
Roger Ward
Bob Taylor
Rosalind Speirs
Caroline Thorne
Grant Page
Assassin / Stunts / Stunt Coordinator / Stunt Double
Rebecca Gilling
Angelica
Frank Thring
Willard
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Win Chan / Martial Arts Choreographer
Deryck Barnes
Veterinary Doctor
Bill Hunter
Peterson
Ian Jamieson
Drug Courier / Stunts
Elaine Wong
Chinese Girl
John Orcsik
Charles
Geoff Brown
Martial Arts Heavy
Kevin Broadribb
Martial Arts Heavy / Still Photographer
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Martial Arts Heavy / Director / Screenplay
Peter Armstrong
Wilton's Bodyguard
Rangi Nikora
Wilton's Bodyguard
Bob Hicks
Wilton's Bodyguard / Stunts
Max Aspin
Wilton's Bodyguard / Stunts
Robert Fay
Wilton's Bodyguard
Ruth Erica
Target Girl
Sammy Armstrong
Annoyed Driver (uncredited)
Phillip Avalon
Uluru Cop (uncredited)
David Bracks
Worker with Stop Sign (uncredited)
Chan Ming-Wai
Martial Artist (uncredited) / Stunts
Cheung Chok-Chow
Cook (uncredited)
John Cheung Ng-Long
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Geordie Dryden
Picnic Bystander (uncredited) / Key Grip
Gerry Gauslaa
Assassin on Motorcycle (uncredited) / Stunts
Lam Ching-Ying
Martial Artist (uncredited) / Stunts
Lam Hak-Ming
Martial Artist / Hotel Assassin (uncredited) / Stunts
Lam Yuen
Cook (uncredited)
Mars
Police Cadet (uncredited)
André E. Morgan
Rooftop Gunman (uncredited) / Executive Producer
Ng Kit-Keung
Martial Artist (uncredited)
Tong Kam-Tong
Martial Artist (uncredited)
Wilson Tong
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
To Wai-Wo
Martial Artist (uncredited) / Stunts
Alan Walker
Roadhog (uncredited) / Stunts
Wan Ling-Kwong
Restaurant Bartender (uncredited)
Wong Shu-Tong
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Kim Wran
Courthouse Bystander (uncredited)
Yeung Sai-Gwan
Martial Artist (uncredited)
Yuen Biao
Martial Artist (uncredited) / Stunts
Corey Yuen
Martial Artist / Hotel Assassin (uncredited) / Stunts
Noel Quinlan
Original Music Composer
John Fraser
Producer
Raymond Chow
Producer
Russell Boyd
Director of Photography
Peter Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator
Hal McElroy
Assistant Director
Chu Yat-Hung
Assistant Director
Pom Oliver
Production Coordinator
Lau Tin-Chi
Production Coordinator
Michael Falloon
Production Assistant
Gary Walker
Special Effects
Chin Sam
Art Direction
Li Wing
Special Effects
Dan Tyler
Special Effects
David Gribble
Camera Operator
Tim Lloyd
Sound Recordist
Brian Bansgrove
Gaffer
Cliff Curll
Sound Recordist
Yeung Hua
Continuity
Tomash Pokorry
Assistant Editor / Sound Editor
Rangi Nicholls
Stunts
Tu Yung-Wei
Makeup Artist
Errol Sullivan
Second Assistant Director
Sherman Chow Gam-Cheung
Sound Recordist
Tai Foo-Wah
Assistant Camera
Madalena Chan
Second Assistant Director
John Swaffield
Assistant Camera
Nixon Binney
Assistant Camera
Lyn McEncroe
Continuity
Thomas Liang
Assistant Editor
Rina Hofmanis
Makeup Artist
Cheng Hui-Jan
Gaffer / Additional Photography
Lindsay Frazer
Sound Editor
David Cooper
Boom Operator
Vic Davies
Grip
Winner Huang
Key Grip
Graham 'Grace' Walker
Set Dresser / Property Buyer
Peter Viskovitch
Additional Photography
Alan Fang
Grip
Ian Alfonso
Additional Photography
Alan Lake
Post Production Supervisor
Peter Fenton
Sound Mixer
Chow Shao-Lung
Sound Mixer / Sound Editor
Louis Sit
Post Production Supervisor
Keith Calder
Additional Photography
John Seale
Additional Photography
Mont Fieguth
Property Master
Bruce Finlayson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Haung Gau
Property Master / Assistant Art Director
Julian Ellingworth
Sound Mixer
Christopher Webster
Assistant Art Director
Robert Leung
Production Assistant
Charles Stringer
Still Photographer
Harry Williams
Catering
Chu Sheng-Shi
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wong Shun-Chang
Property Buyer / Set Dresser
David Hannay
Executive Producer
Chan Wai-Loy
Still Photographer
Joy Wellburn
Negative Cutter
Haywood Pan
Production Assistant
Mark Pearson
Production Assistant
Anna Augunas
Production Secretary
Chan Yuk
Still Photographer
Gum Wah
Catering
Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 31, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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).