The Fighting Fool
6.3
It's Meng Yuan-wen (star of The Master Strikes) versus Kuan Feng in this wild and wacky wushu saga of a priceless pole with a spectacular secret. A master martial artist's silly disciple struggles to save it from an evil white slaver, the slaver's duplicitous wife, and even his own bone-headed, but greedy, companion. Hsu Hsia choreographs the abundant action, as he had for both Five Superfighters and Drunken Master. The result is both sublime (for its kung-fu) and engagingly ridiculous.
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Cast
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Meng Yuen-Man
Meng
Also in
The Dragon and the Tiger Kids
The Master Strikes
Kwan Fung
Crouching Eagle
Known for
Five Element Ninjas
Chun Wong
Zhu Tou Bing
Known for
Running on Karma
Blind Detective
Wang Sha
Master Wei
Also in
Bruce Lee and I
My Young Auntie
Helen Poon Bing-Seung
Crouching Eagle's wife
Known for
Dirty Ho
Crippled Avengers
Chiang Cheng
Meng's Uncle
Also in
Shaolin Drunken Fight
Tiger Love
Ng Hong-Sang
Eagle Mansion man
Known for
The Mighty Peking Man
Jamie Luk Kim-ming
Indian
Known for
Crippled Avengers
Sword Master
Paul Wong Kwan
Master Wei's assassin friend
Known for
In the Line of Duty 4
Tiger Cage
Wan Seung-Lam
Friend of assassin
Known for
Crime Story
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
Fung Hap-So
Man after bounty / Eagle Mansion man
Also in
The New One-Armed Swordsman
The Chinese Boxer
Lam Fai-Wong
Blind man
Known for
Clan of the White Lotus
The Five Venoms
Patrick Yuen Ho-Chuen Director · Wong Jing Writer Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren Composer
First release January 1, 1979 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 奪棍
Production
Shaw Brothers
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Languages
Original title
奪棍
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · January 1, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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