The Way of the Dragon (1972)

12/30/1972Action, Crime1h 40m
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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

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    Bruce Lee

    Tang Lung

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    Nora Miao

    Chen Ching Hua

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    Chuck Norris

    Colt

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    Wei Ping-ao

    Ho

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    Huang Tsung-Hsun

    'Uncle' Wang

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    Robert Wall

    Fred

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    Hwang In-shik

    Japanese Fighter

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    Chin Ti

    Ah Quen

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    Tony Liu

    Tony

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 ...