Movie
Knockabout
Overview
After being cheated out of some money, two small time crooks convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students.
Details
- Release date
- 1979-04-12
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Orange Sky Golden Harvest
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Original language
- CN
Cast
- Yuen Biao as Yipao
- Sammo Hung Kam-Bo as Blinking Beggar
- Lau Kar-Wing as Old Fox / Chia Wu Dao
- Bryan Leung Kar-Yan as Dai Pao
- Karl Maka as Captain
- Lee Hoi-Sang as Painter
- Mars as Tiger
- Lau Tin-Chi as Banker Wei's Father
- Lam Ching-Ying as Casino Fighter
- Wang Kuang-Yu as Matchmaker / Queer Fighter
- Peter Chan Lung as Banker Wei
- Tai San as Casino Thug
Crew
- Sammo Hung Kam-Bo - Director
- Lau Tin-Chi - Screenplay
- Huang Chik-Chin - Screenplay
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