Have Sword, Will Travel | |||||||||||||||
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Director: | Chang Cheh | ||||||||||||||
Producer: | Runme Shaw | ||||||||||||||
Screenplay: | Ni Kuang | ||||||||||||||
Starring: | Ti Lung David Chiang Lee Ching | ||||||||||||||
Music: | Wang Fu Ling | ||||||||||||||
Cinematography: | Kung Mu To | ||||||||||||||
Editing: | Chiang Hsing Lung | ||||||||||||||
Studio: | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||||||
Distributor: | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||||||
Runtime: | 101 minutes | ||||||||||||||
Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
Language: | Mandarin | ||||||||||||||
Gross: | HK$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.
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.
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.