The Magnificent Ruffians
6.5
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
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Lu Feng
Yuan Ying Fei
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Lo Meng
Guan Yun
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Phillip Kwok Chui
Yang Zhui Feng
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Annie Liu On-Lai
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Sun Chien
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Lau Fong-Sai
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Wang Lai
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Wong Ching-Ho
Cashier Wang
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Yu Tai-Ping
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Yang Hsiung
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Chang Cheh Director · Ni Kuang Writer Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren Composer
First release September 20, 1979 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 賣命小子
Production
Shaw Brothers
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
賣命小子
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · September 20, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 13, 1980 · Theatrical · West Germany
Philippines
July 1, 1982 · Theatrical · Davao
Portugal
July 23, 1982 · Theatrical
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