The Deadly Duo

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The Deadly Duo
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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 雙俠
Simplified Chinese 双侠
Directed by Chang Cheh
Written by Ni Kuang
Produced by Run Run Shaw
Starring David Chiang
Ti Lung
Ku Feng
Wong Chung
Cheng Lui
Chan Sing
Lau Dan
Chan Chuen
Bolo Yeung
Wong Kwong-yue
CinematographyKung Mu-to
Edited byKwok Ting-hung
Music by Frankie Chan
Production
company
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 22 December 1971 (1971-12-22)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin

The Deadly Duo is a 1971 Hong Kong Wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh, and starring David Chiang and Ti Lung.

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There is another film of similar genre titled Deadly Duo (a.k.a. The Blade of Fury) acted by Chen Shing and Mao Ying, directed by Yeung Ching Chen.

Background

The film is one of a group of historical near-epics from 1970 to 1973 that were directed by Chang Cheh and starred by Ti Lung and David Chiang, which included The Heroic Ones, New One-Armed Swordsman and Blood Brothers . The Deadly Duo is considerably shorter than the others, and arguably with less emphasis in the way of characterization and plotting and more in the way of fighting, action and adventure.

All the fights involve various weapons, mostly spears and swords, but also some exotic devices such as a pair of lethal cymbals and a container that shoots out incendiary balls. The co-director of the action scenes is Lau Kar-leung (a.k.a. Liu Chia Liang), who had a special interest in spear and stick fighting and went on to direct some of the most renowned Kung Fu films of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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