Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

Name: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 1978-03-01
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-Tien, Hwang Jang-Lee, Dean Shek, Roy Horan

蛇形刁手 (1978)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

1978-03-01

Country

Hong Kong

Production

Seasonal Film Corporation

Genre

Action, Comedy

Budget

$92

Box office

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Director

Woo-Ping Yuen

Actors

Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-Tien, Hwang Jang-Lee, Dean Shek, Roy Horan, Fung Hak-On, Yao Lin Chen, Tino Wong, Tino Wong, Peter Chan Lung
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Scenario

Producer

Ng See-Yuen

Camera operator

Hui Chang

Composer

Stanley Chow Fook-Leung

Artist

Audition

Editing

Poon Hung
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Short description

Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.

What's left behind the scenes

Hwang Jang-Lee powerfully knocked out Jackie Chan's tooth. In the final scene, you can clearly see the gap from the missing tooth.
The Mexican poster for the film features a photograph of a scene that was removed from the film – 4 fencers fighting against Jackie Chan.
The full version of the film has a runtime of 97 minutes.
During the filming of the fight scene, Jackie was accidentally cut by a sharp sword that was supposed to have a blunt blade. Blood flowed, and Jackie screamed in pain. The director, thinking that this was how it should be, continued filming. We see real blood in the film.
In the film's credits, Jackie Chan is listed as Lung Cheng. This is one of his early stage names.