The Way of the Dragon( 1972)

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The Colosseum . . the battleground of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris.

Overview

Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off.

Top Billed Cast

Bruce Lee
Tang Lung
Nora Miao
Chen Ching Hua
Chuck Norris
Colt
Wei Ping-ao
Ho
Huang Tsung-Hsun
'Uncle' Wang
Robert Wall
Fred
Hwang In-shik
Japanese Fighter
Chin Ti
Ah Quen
Tony Liu
Tony
Little Unicorn
Jimmy
Malisa Longo
Italian Beauty
Wu Ngan
Waiter
Robert Chan Law-Bat
Robert
Fu Ching Chen
Robert
Jon T. Benn
The Boss
John Kenny
Quen (voice)
Robert Baker
Thug (uncredited)
Riccardo Billi
Bank Manager (uncredited)
Russell Cawthorne
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Franz Colangeli
Man at Airport (uncredited)
John Derbyshire
Thug (uncredited)
Alexander Grand
Thug (uncredited)
Barry Haigh
Tang Lung (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Kaye
'Uncle' Wang / Colt / Japanese Fighter (voice) (uncredited)
Giuseppe Marrocco
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Mark Metekingi
Thug (uncredited)
Andre Morgan
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Anders Nelsson
Thug (uncredited)
Matthew Oram
Ho / Tony (voice) (uncredited)
Marco Pane
Child at Airport (uncredited)
Ho Pich
Thugs' Chief (uncredited)
Homan Tapsell
Gunman (uncredited)
Pupita Lea Scuderoni
Woman at Airport (uncredited)
Lisa Mantellini
Woman at Airport (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Dec 17 2024

You can certainly see that the camera loved the charismatic Bruce Lee in this otherwise rather predicable action adventure. He's the young "Tang" who arrives in Rome from Hong Kong to help out in a family restaurant that's under siege from the local mafia who want the premises for themselves. His arrival is quite timely as his adeptness with Kung Fu helps him to eradicate the local enforcers with comfortable ease. In the end they decide to get serious - perhaps the building is on an oil well, or something, so draft in the legendary "Colt" (Chuck Norris) who has the young upstart "Tang" firmly i...