The Man from Hong Kong - 1975
The Devil Dies when the Dragon Flies
Director(s)
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Yu Wang (Hong Kong version)
Writer(s)
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Producer(s)
Raymond Chow producer
John Fraser producer
David Hannay executive producer
André E. Morgan executive producer
Cast
Yu Wang - Inspector Fang Sing Leng (as Jimmy Wang Yu)
George Lazenby - Jack Wilton
Peter Armstrong - Bodyguard
Max Aspin - Bodyguard
Deryck Barnes - Veterinarian
Kevin Broadribb - Thug
Geoff Brown - Thug
Ruth Erica - Target Girl
Robert Fay - Bodyguard
Gerry Gauslaa - Cyclist
Rebecca Gilling - Angelica
Bob Hicks - Bodyguard
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo - Win Chan (as Hung Kam Po)
Bill Hunter - Peterson
Ian Jamieson - The Drug Courier
Hugh Keays-Byrne - Morrie Grosse
André E. Morgan - Thug
Rangi Nicholls - Bodyguard
John Orcsik - Charles
Grant Page - Assassin
Rosalind Speirs - Caroline Thorne (as Ros Spiers)
Frank Thring - Willard
Brian Trenchard-Smith - Thug
Alan Walker - Road Hog
Roger Ward - Bob Taylor
Elaine Wong - Chinese Girl
Ching-Ying Lam - (uncredited)
Biao Yuen - (uncredited)
Corey Yuen - (uncredited)
Review by Noel Bailey
Entertainment with a capital "E", no more no less!,
I find it hard to believe that at a web-site which attracts more than 8 million people a month (that equates to 17 people a minute, one every three seconds!) that only TWO people in all these years have posted reviews of this mini-classic - "Z" grade rubbish that it is!
I LOVE this flick.
The acting is hysterical, the script at junior high-school level (I collapse on the lounge every time I hear Lazenby mouthing off to Wang Yu "I know your martial arts!") But man, this is high-voltage fun, a film that actually defies criticism. Wang Yu comes to Sydney to break up a drug smuggling ring headed up by the "and please leave your license to kill on my desk when you leave" former Bond non-event, George Lazenby. Following multiple impossible chop-socky set-to's with Lazenby's henchman, and George's own comical demise atop his penthouse, Wang Yu saves the day...and the girl! Great stuff!
If nothing else, this film earns a place in the hall of fame for delivering to the world British Jigsaw's SKY HIGH which I can never hear without remembering how young I was when this came out! Magic!
Trivia buffs might like to notice who that rather porky asian scumbag is trying to evade capture atop Ayer's Rock (now referred to as ULURU) during the early part of the flick and who later has his head unceremoniously pushed into the toilet by Wang Yu! None other than long-time Jackie Chan friend and Director - Sammo Hung! Martial arts choreographer without peer! Watch also for the exploding Toyota Crown scene at Ayer's Rock...that airborne door gave the on-set crew-members a few nervous moments!
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