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[[Jackie Chan]]'s breakout [[film]] and [[Yuen Woo Ping]]'s directorial debut, this movie helped revitalize both their careers and the waning Hong Kong film industry.
The story starts off showing a master of the renowned Snake Style fighting and dying at the hands of a wandering [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]],a master of the Eagle Claw who has sworn to kill all masters of the Snake Style.
Then we meet Chien, an orphan regularly [[Butt Monkey|beaten upon]] and treated like a servant by the Kung Fu school that has adopted him. One day after a particular painful beating he sullenly walks along to find an old-man set upon by a gang of kung fu fighters. Jumping to his aid and through a series of kung fu hijinks the old man decides to teach Chien Snake Style and through [[Training
But the master of the Eagle Claw takes notice of his newfound abilities, and things wont end peacefully...
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A definitive Kung Fu classic, here Jackie Chan first departed from the [[Bruce Lee Clone|Bruceploitation]] characters he often portrayed into the comedic action roles he is now renowned for.
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* [[Comforting Comforter]]: The Old Man does this for Chien, who is the whipping boy for the martial arts school where he's been raised.
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