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| Snake in the Eagle's Shadow | |||||||||||
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 Original Hong Kong film poster | |||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蛇形刁手 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蛇形刁手 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Yuen Woo-ping | ||||||||||
| Written by | Ng See-yuen Choi Gai-gwong Tsai Chi-kuang | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Ng See-yuen Chen Chuan | ||||||||||
| Starring | Jackie Chan Yuen Siu-tien Hwang Jang-lee | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Chang Hui | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Poon Hung-yiu | ||||||||||
| Music by | Chou Fu-liang | ||||||||||
| Distributed by | Seasonal Film Corporation | ||||||||||
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Running time | 98 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Box office | US$3 million (est.) | ||||||||||
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Chinese: 蛇形刁手) is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping in his directorial debut. It stars Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee, and Yuen Woo-ping's real life father, Yuen Siu-tien. The film's plot is about Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan who is bullied at a kung fu school, meeting an old beggar, Pai Cheng-tien (Yuen Siu-tien), who becomes his sifu (teacher) and trains him in Snake Kung Fu.
Right after this film, Yuen Woo-ping directed Drunken Master, released in the same year, which also starred Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee and Yuen Siu-tien. The film established Chan's slapstick kung fu comedy style which he further developed with Drunken Master, while also establishing the basic plot structure used in many martial arts films internationally since then.