Knockabout is a 1979

Hong Kong films of 1979

A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 1979:.-1979:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 1979 at...

 Hong Kong

Cinema of Hong Kong

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 martial arts

Martial arts film

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 comedy film

Comedy film

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 directed by Sammo Hung

Sammo Hung

Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...

 and starring Hung and Yuen Biao

Yuen Biao

Yuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...

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Plot

The film follows two con artist brothers, Yipao (Yuen Biao) and Taipao (Bryan Leung). One day they are cheated out of their ill-gotten gains in an encounter with Jia Wu Dao (Lau Kar Wing). They try to fight him, to retrieve their money, but are defeated, so they ask him to train them, hoping to become the best fighters in the city. After surpassing the fighting skills of "ordinary people", Yipao soon discovers that Jia Wu Dao is a murderer. When he realises his secret has been revealed, Jia Wu Dao attempts to kill Yipao, but Taipao blocks the fatal blow and is killed in his place.
Yipao escapes and plots how he will avenge his brother's death. He encounters a fat beggar (Sammo Hung) and, impressed by his kung fu, he asks takes the beggar to become his new kung fu master. After extensive training, the beggar asks Yipao to go and get him some wine. As he is about to return with the wine, Yipao encounters Jia Wu Dao again, and they fight, but Yipao's skill is insufficient. The fat beggar and Yipao then team up, using the monkey style

Monkey Kung Fu

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 kung fu, against Jia Wu Dao's snake style

Snake Kung Fu

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. As their fight moves outside of the wine shop, the fat beggar and Yipao defeat Jia Wu Dao, killing him with spiked vines, finally avenging Taipao's death. The fat beggar reveals that he is an undercover detective trying to arrest criminals, particularly Jia Wu Dao.

Cast

• Yuen Biao
  Yuen Biao
  Yuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...
  
   - Yipao / Little John
• Sammo Hung
  Sammo Hung
  Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...
  
   - Fat beggar / Blinking beggar
• Bryan Leung - Dai Pao / Big John (as Liang Chia-jen)
• Lau Kar Wing
  Lau Kar Wing
  Lau Kar Wing is a Hong Kong martial arts 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 master who studied under Lam Sai Wing, pupil of the legendary Chinese folk...
  
   - Jia Wu Dao / Old Fox
• Karl Maka
  Karl Maka
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   - Captain
• Lee Hoi San - Painter
• Mars
  Mars (actor)
  Mars , born Cheung Wing Fat is a Hong Kong actor, action director, stuntman and martial artist. He is one of Jackie Chan's best friends.-Early life:...
  
   - Tiger (as Fo Sing)
• Chan Lung (Peter Chan) - Banker Wei
• Louis Lau - Banker Wei's dad
• Chung Fat - Vegetable hawker / Big Eyes
• Ho Pak Kwong - Casino boss
• Johnny Cheung - Casino dealer
• Benz Kong - Casino thug
• Wellson Chin - Casino thug
• To Wai Wo - Casino thug
• Chow Gam Kong - Casino thug
• Yeung Sai Gwan - Casino thug
• Lung Ying - Casino thug
• Tai San - Casino thug
• Lam Ching Ying
  Lam Ching Ying
  Lam Ching Ying was a Hong Kong actor, action director and director. A physically talented and graceful martial artist, Lam was best known for playing the stoic Taoist priest in Mr. Vampire...
  
   - Casino fighter
• Wang Kwong Yue - Matchmaker / fighter
• Yuen Tak - victim
• Yue Tau Wan - victim
• Billy Chan - Waiter
• Yuen Mo - Waiter / boatman
• Cheung Hei - Teahouse boss
• Hui Ying Ying - Vegetable hawker
• Ho Lai Laam - Street thug
• Law Keung - Street thug

Box office

The domestic Hong Kong theatrical release of Knockabout ran from 12 - 25 April, 1979, taking HK $2,830,519.

External links

• Knockabout at the Kung Fu Cinema