Details

Release year: 1973

Storyline

A Shaolin monk travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a martial arts tournament.

Top credits

Directors

Robert Clouse

Writers

Cast

Bruce Lee — Lee
John Saxon — Roper
Jim Kelly — Williams
Ahna Capri — Tania

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Did you know

• The movie was made for $850,000, and took in over $90 million worldwide at the box office.

• Bruce Lee actually struck Jackie Chan in the face with one of his fighting sticks. Chan admitted that it was his own fault: he wasn't where the fight choreography required him to be, and would have been fine if he'd been on his mark. In any case, Lee was so horrified that he immediately helped Jackie up and hugged him while apologizing profusely, and later insisted that Chan could work on all of his movies after that. Unfortunately, Lee died before he could keep his promise, but Chan still claimed the moment was one of the greatest things that has happened to him in his entire career (he even admitted that he hammed up how much pain he was in because he didn't want Lee to stop hugging him).

• Bruce Lee hid a small piece of iron in his hand to break the mirrors.