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The Fighting Fool (1979)

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.

Release: 1979-01-01
Runtime: 92 min
Rating: 6.2 / 10
Cast
Meng Yuen-Man
Meng Yuen-Man
Meng
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Kwan Fung
Crouching Eagle
Chun Wong
Chun Wong
Zhu Tou Bing
Wang Sha
Wang Sha
Master Wei
Helen Poon Bing-Seung
Helen Poon Bing-Seung
Crouching Eagle's wife
Chiang Cheng
Chiang Cheng
Meng's Uncle
Ng Hong-Sang
Ng Hong-Sang
Eagle Mansion man
Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
Indian
Paul Wong Kwan
Paul Wong Kwan
Master Wei's assassin friend
Wan Seung-Lam
Wan Seung-Lam
Friend of assassin
Fung Hap-So
Fung Hap-So
Man after bounty / Eagle Mansion man
Lam Fai-Wong
Lam Fai-Wong
Blind man
Wong Wing
Wong Wing
Old Eagle
Wong Kim-Fung
Wong Kim-Fung
Eagle Mansion man
David Lam Wai
David Lam Wai
Abducted villager
Benny Lai Keung-Kuen
Benny Lai Keung-Kuen
Extra
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Johnny Cheung Wa
Eagle Mansion man