The Kid

The Kid (1950)

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A 10-year-old Bruce Lee stars as Kid Cheung, an orphan boy who sells comics in a little stall in the slums to survive. He and his two siblings are looked after by his Uncle Ho, a teacher. When the wealthy Hung Pak-ho surveys the slums to build a school for orphans, he is robbed by the vicious Blade Lee and his gang. Cheung helps Blade Lee escape and earns his friendship, but Uncle Ho convinces him to return the gold necklace Lee stole. Hung rewards Ho by hiring him as his private secretary.

Date of release
1950-05-31
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Drama
Director
Fung Fung

Casting

Interesting facts

The Kid is a 1950 Hong Kong drama film starring the then 9-year-old Bruce Lee in his first leading role in the title role of "Kid Cheung", and based on a comic book character written by Yuen Bou-wan, who also has a role in the film. The film co-stars Lee's real life father, Lee Hoi-chuen, and Fung Fung. This is the second film in which the father and son worked together on, the other being The Birth of Mankind in 1946.

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