The Chase (1971 film)

The Chase
Directed byWong Tin Lam
Produced byRaymond Chow Man Wai
StarringMaria Yi
James Tien
Release date
1971
Running time
81 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese

The Chase or Zhui Ji(追撃), released in North America and worldwide as The Shanghai Killers, is a 1971 Hong Kong action film with sword fighting directed by Wong Tin Lam. It stars Maria Yi and James Tien.

The film entered the North American box office charts in August 1973, before eventually topping the chart in September. It briefly overtook the Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon, before it regained the top spot several weeks later.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Desser, David (2002). "The Kung Fu Craze: Hong Kong Cinema's First American Reception". In Fu, Poshek; Desser, David (eds.). The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity. Cambridge University Press. pp. 19–43 (34). ISBN 978-0-521-77602-8.

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