''The Deadly Duo'' is a 1971

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Wuxia film directed by

Chang Cheh Chang Cheh (; 10 February 1923 – 22 June 2002) was a Chinese people, Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and producer active in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Chang Cheh directed more than 90 films in Greater China, the majority of them wi ...

, and starring

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and

Ti Lung Tommy Tam Fu-wing (, born 19 August 1946), known professionally by his stage name Ti Lung (), is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist known for his numerous starring roles in a string of Shaw Brothers Studio's films, particularly '' The Duel'', '' ...

. There is another film of similar genre titled Deadly Duo (a.k.a. The Blade of Fury) acted by Chen Shing and Mao Ying, directed by Yeung Ching Chen.

Background

The film is one of a group of historical near-epics from 1970 to 1973 that were directed by Chang Cheh and starred by Ti Lung and David Chiang, which included ''The Heroic Ones'', '' New One-Armed Swordsman'' and '' Blood Brothers''. ''The Deadly Duo'' is considerably shorter than the others, and arguably with less emphasis in the way of characterization and plotting and more in the way of fighting, action and adventure. All the fights involve various weapons, mostly

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s and

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s, but also some exotic devices such as a pair of lethal

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s and a container that shoots out incendiary balls. The co-director of the action scenes is

Lau Kar-leung Lau Kar-leung (; born 28 July 1934 – 25 June 2013) was a Hongkongers, Hong Kong Martial art, martial artist, filmmaker, Stage combat, fight choreographer and actor. He is best known for the films he made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Shaw ...

(a.k.a. Liu Chia Liang), who had a special interest in spear and

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and went on to direct some of the most renowned

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s of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Cast

as Little Bat *

as Bao Ting Tien *

Ku Feng Chan Sze-man (3 July 1930 – 27 March 2025), better known by his stage name Ku Feng, was a Hong Kong actor. Background Feng studied in Beijing, and appeared in hundreds of films, many of which were produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio S ...

as Man Tien Kuei *Wong Chung as Hero Gau Shun * Chan Sing as Jin emperor *Stanley Fung as Yian Luyan *Bruce Tong as Hero Yung Yi *Wang Kuang-yu as Hero Yung Fu *Cheng Lui as Hero Shiu *Jin Bong-jin as Hero Chang *Lau Gong as Hero Ma *Yeung Chak-lam as Fire Demon Lui * Bolo Yeung as River Dragon *Wong Pau-gei as Leopard *

Lau Kar-wing Lau Kar-wing (born 1944) is a martial artist, Hong Kong film director, action choreographer and actor. Background Born in the Xinhui District of Jiangmen in Guangdong, China, Lau Kar-wing was the fourth child of Lau Cham (), a martial arts mas ...

as Mole *Chan Chuen as Yin Tian Si *Yau Lung as Prince Kang *Woo Wai as Wang San *Gam Kei-chu as Hero Tseng *

Lau Dan Danny Lau Dan (; born 13 January 1944) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor. Works Lau is known to portray good characters, but could play cunning and sly characters with ease (includes ''The Bund (TVB), The Bund'' and ''Land of Wealth''). ...

as Hero Ting Siu *Ho Hon-chau as Hero on raft * Danny Lee as Hero on raft *Jimmy Lung as Hero on raft *Phillip Ko as Hero on raft *Max Lee *Sham Chin-bo *Tung Choi-bo as Emperor's officer / thug at bridge *Lee Hang *Ko Hung as thug at bridge *Wu Chi-chin as Hero *Pao Chia-wen as Hero *Lo Wai as Hero *Lei Lung as Hero *Leung Seung-wan as Hero *Lee Chiu as River Dragon's thug *Huang Ha as River Dragon's thug *To Wing-leung as customer in Yian's shop *San Kuai as executioner / thug at bridge *San Sin as executioner *Lau Jun-fai as executioner *Wong Mei as Yian Luyan's thug *Ho Pak-kwong as Jin soldier *Wong Ching as Man's blade carrier *Hsu Hsia as Man's knight *Yuen Shun-yi *Danny Chow *Cheng Kang-yeh *Tang Tak-cheung *Fung Hak-on *Yen Shi-kwan *

Yuen Woo-ping Yuen Woo-ping (; alias: Yuen Wo-ping; born 1945) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong Stage combat, martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema and later Hollywood films. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue ...

*Dang Bing-chiu *Law Keung * *Chui Fat *Ling Hon *Chan Dik-hak *Yuen Cheung-yan *Chik Ngai-hung *Kong Chuen *Ng Yuen-fan *Lai Yan *Chan Keung *Chan Siu-gai *Goo Chim-hung *Wu Por

External links

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