Odd Couple
7.1
Two ageing masters of the spear and sword engage in an epic mountaintop battle every ten years, but the outcome invariably ends in a draw. Realising that neither one of them will ever outclass the other, they each agree to take on a younger student and train them to champion their cause, thus putting an end to their longstanding rivalry.
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Cast
34 people
Sammo Hung Kam-bo
King of Sabres / Ah Yo
Known for
Ip Man 2
Project A
Lau Kar-Wing
King of Spears / Stubborn Wing
Known for
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Bryan Leung Kar-yan
Laughing Bandit / Scarface
Known for
Ip Man 3
Flirting Scholar
Dean Shek Tin
Master Rocking / Playboy
Known for
Drunken Master
A Better Tomorrow II
Lee Hoi-Sang
Handlebar-Moustached Thug
Known for
Project A
Executioners from Shaolin
Huang Ha
Single Sabre Wu Li
Known for
A Chinese Ghost Story
Mr. Vampire
Peter Chan Lung
Pak Chow / Cloud Sabre
Known for
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
The Big Boss
Mars
Potato
Known for
Project A
Police Story
Billy Chan Wui-Ngai
Humpback / Tien
Known for
The Big Boss
Ho Pak-Kwong
Playboy's Assistant
Known for
Mimic
Ginger Snaps
Sai Chai
Karl Maka
Challenges Cloud Sabre
Known for
Aces Go Places
The Bodyguard
Lau Kar-Wing Director · Raymond Wong Pak-Ming Screenplay Raymond Lai Wai-Man Screenplay
Worldwide gross $45M · Budget $1.2M · First release August 9, 1979
Box office
Budget
$1,200,000
Worldwide gross
$44,527,234
Gross vs. budget
37.1×
Production
Gar Bo Films Company
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
搏命單刀奪命搶
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · August 9, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
February 22, 2021 · Digital
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