The Fighting Fool (1979)

6.9/10 92 min Action

Overview

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.

Cast

Meng Yuen-Man

Meng

Chun Wong

Zhu Tou Bing

Wang Sha

Master Wei

Helen Poon Bing-Seung

Crouching Eagle's wife

Chiang Cheng

Meng's Uncle

Ng Hong-Sang

Eagle Mansion man

Jamie Luk Kim-Ming

Indian

Paul Wong Kwan

Master Wei's assassin friend

Wan Seung-Lam

Friend of assassin

Fung Hap-So

Man after bounty / Eagle Mansion man

Lam Fai-Wong

Blind man

Wong Wing

Old Eagle

Wong Kim-Fung

Eagle Mansion man

David Lam Wai

Abducted villager

Benny Lai Keung-Kuen

Extra

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