Stroke of Death

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Stroke of Death aka Monkey Kung Fu (1979, Hong Kong) is a Martial Arts film directed by Mar Lo.

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=Main Details

  • Released on May 5, 1979
  • Color
  • Running time: 93 minutes | 89 minutes (Hong Kong)
  • Production Co.: Film Workshop | Shaw Brothers
  • Distribution Co.: Residenz Film (1980) (West Germany) (theatrical)
  • Director: Mar Lo
  • Writers: Mar Lo, On Szeto
  • Starring: Siu-Tung Ching, Chiu-Sing Hau, Feng Kuan

Plot Summary

  • A small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist.

Also known as

  • Chu long ma liu (original title)
  • Drunken Monkey
  • Monkey Kung Fu
  • Hurra, die Knochenbrecher sind da! (West Germany)
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