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1969 Hong Kong film
Have Sword, Will Travel
Film poster
Traditional Chinese保鏢
Simplified Chinese保镖
Hanyu PinyinBǎo Biāo
JyutpingBou2 Biu1
Directed byChang Cheh
Screenplay byNi Kuang
Produced byRunme Shaw
StarringTi Lung
David Chiang
Lee Ching
CinematographyKung Mu To
Edited byChiang Hsing Lung
Music byWang Fu Ling
Production
company
Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 25 December 1969 (1969-12-25)
Running time101 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin
Box officeHK$1,031,768.90

Have Sword, Will Travel is a 1969 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh and starring Ti Lung, David Chiang and Lee Ching.

In the film, a clan leader has the annual mission to escort the transport of gold by the government of Luoyang. He is considered invincible until an illness causes him to lose his skills. Three bodyguards are tasked with defending the gold from a master thief.

Plot

The upright and invincible leader of the Wulin clan, Lord Yin (Cheng Miu), helps the Luoyang government to escort two hundred million worth of gold annually and has never made a mistake. However, he is ill and loses his martial arts skills and the gold is in danger of being stolen by Chao Hong (Ku Feng), leader of the Flying Tigers thieves.

Lone swordsman Lu Yi (David Chiang) meets Yun Piao Piao (Lee Ching) and her fiance Siang Ding (Ti Lung), who are bodyguards for the gold. First they fight each other before joining forces to help Yin defeat Chao - originally down and out, Lu is taken in by the gentle Yun and volunteers to be a bodyguard.

Cast

  • Ti Lung as Siang Ding
  • David Chiang as Lu Yi
  • Lee Ching as Yun Piao Piao
  • Wong Chung as The Mute
  • Ku Feng as Chao Hong
  • Chan Sing as Mao Biao
  • Cheng Miu as Lord Yin Ke Feng
  • Cheng Lui as Wong Chuen
  • Wang Kuang Yu as one of Lord Yin's men
  • Hung Lau as Chu Tin Hou, a Flying Tiger
  • Lau Gong as a Flying Tiger
  • Cliff Lok as a Flying Tiger
  • Cheng Kang Yeh as Yang Hang Chiu
  • Wong Ching Ho as Government official
  • Yuen Cheung-yan
  • Tsang Cho Lam as Waiter
  • Jason Pai as carries silver to the cart
  • Chu Gam as clerk
  • Goo Chim Hung as Horse buyer

Box office

The film grossed HK$1,031,768.90 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical from 25 December 1969 to 8 January 1970 in Hong Kong.

External links

Films directed by Chang Cheh
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