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Odd Couple (1979)
Directed by Lau Kar-Wing
Action, Comedy · 1h 37m
Two ageing masters of the spear and sword engage in an epic mountaintop battle every ten years, but the outcome invariably ends in a draw. Realising that neither one of them will ever outclass the other, they each agree to take on a younger student and train them to champion their cause, thus putting an end to their longstanding rivalry.
Cast
Sammo Hung Kam-bo
King of Sabres / Ah Yo
Lau Kar-Wing
King of Spears / Stubborn Wing
Bryan Leung Kar-yan
Laughing Bandit / Scarface
Dean Shek Tin
Master Rocking / Playboy
Lee Hoi-Sang
Handlebar-Moustached Thug
Huang Ha
Single Sabre Wu Li
Peter Chan Lung
Pak Chow / Cloud Sabre
Mars
Potato
Billy Chan Wui-Ngai
Humpback / Tien
Ho Pak-Kwong
Playboy's Assistant
S
Sai Chai
Karl Maka
Challenges Cloud Sabre
Crew
- Director
- Lau Kar-Wing
- Screenplay
- Raymond Lai Wai-Man, Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
- Director of Photography
- Manny Hoh Ming, Lee Chi-Keung
- Editor
- Tony Chow Kwok-Chung
- Producer
- Karl Maka
Details
- Original title
- 搏命單刀奪命搶
- Release date
- 1979-08-09
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Action, Comedy
- Original language
- CN
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Production
- Gar Bo Films Company