The Deadly Duo

The Deadly Duo (1971)

雙俠

The plot involves patriots during the Sung Dynasty and their attempts to rescue a kidnapped prince from Ching troops who have invaded the north of China. The patriots are led by Ti Lung who recruits a mysterious but seemingly superhuman fighter played by David Chiang to find a way to cross a perilous bridge to enter an impregnable fortress to locate and rescue the imprisoned prince.

Date of release
1971-12-22
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (25)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Action
Director
Chang Cheh

Casting

Interesting facts

The Deadly Duo (雙俠) is a 1971 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh, starring David Chiang and Ti Lung.

Production

The film is one of many Hong Kong wuxia films from the early 1970s directed by Chang Cheh and starring Ti Lung and David Chiang. The films include 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 characterisation and plotting and more in the way of fighting, action, and adventure.

All the fights involve various weapons, mostly spears and swords, but also some exotic devices such as a pair of cymbals and a device that fires incendiary balls. The co-director of the action scenes was Lau Kar-leung, who had an interest in spear and stick fighting and went on to direct more martial arts films in the 1970s and 1980s.

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