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The Man from Hong Kong (Chinese: 直搗黃龍), originally released in the US as The Dragon Flies, is a 1975 action film written and directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith in his directorial debut and starring Jimmy Wang Yu and George Lazenby, with Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward, Rosalind Speirs, Rebecca Gilling, Sammo Hung, Grant Page and Frank ...
Aug 17, 2018 · I had set myself on fire to show George it was safe — the Hong Kong crew were a bit surprised to see their director, just behind the scenery, on fire.
The Man from Hong Kong: Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, Jimmy Wang Yu. With Jimmy Wang Yu, George Lazenby, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward. While on dispatch in Australia to extradite a drug courier, a tough Hong Kong cop wages a one-man war against Sydney's most powerful kingpin.
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- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Brian Trenchard-Smith, Jimmy Wang Yu
- 1975-08
It was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starred Jimmy Wang Yu and George Lazenby. The film was later restored by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive. Plot. At Ayers Rock, undercover detectives arrest Hong Kong drug courier Win Chan (Sammo Hung).
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At Ayers Rock, undercover detectives arrest Hong Kong drug courier Win Chan (Sammo Hung). At Royal Hong Kong Police Police Training School at Wong Chuk Hangwhere a hang glider piloted by Australian Caroline Thorne (Rosalind Speirs) runs out of air currents and lands on the parade square. She is met by Inspector Fang Sing Leng (Jimmy Wang-Yu) who ha...
Jimmy Wang Yu as Inspector Fan Sing-LingGeorge Lazenby as Jack WiltonRos Spiers as Caroline ThorneHugh Keays-Byrne as Morrie GrosseThe first Australian/Hong Kong co-production was made during the height of the kung fu film craze and the Australian New Wave. According to some sources, Wang Yu directed parts of the film. Trenchard Smith says Yu was difficult to deal with and shooting was hard - "there was a great clash of personalities, coupled with the inevitable mutual distrus...
At a screening of a restored print in Sydney, Trenchard-Smith stated that the film didn't do as well as was hoped due to its R adults only rating. However US rights were sold for $200,000 and at Cannes the film sold around the world for a minimum of $500,000 putting it in profit even before it had been released. The film was released in the US as T...
The Movie Company then made the TV special Danger Freaksbut Greater Union decided it to not want to support an on-going company and wound it up.
Mar 13, 2017 · While shooting a daredevil hang gliding sequence, Wang Yu crashed and fell 100 feet onto sand, knocking himself out. He had to be kept off set for two days but, as soon as he returned, they had him...
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Sep 22, 2008 · Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way. Brian Trenchard-Smith.
