Cub Tiger From Kwang Tung 廣東小老虎 [1971 Jackie Chan's First Starring Role]

About this film

Little Tiger of Canton ( simplified Chinese : 广东小老虎 ; traditional Chinese : 廣東小老虎 ; pinyin : Guǎngdōng xiǎo lǎohǔ ), also known as Cub Tiger From Kwang Tung , is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Ngai Hoi-Fung and starring Jackie Chan . Chan was 17 when footage for the film was shot in 1971, and it is considered to be his first starring role. A re-edited version of the film, Master with Cracked Fingers , was later released in 1979. Background Cub Tiger From Kwang Tung was filmed in Hong Kong in 1971, but only saw a limited cinema release two years later. The small independent release was shelved after its brief run and never received an international release. In the late 1979, in the wake of Chan's success in Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master (both 1978), the film re-emerged at Hong Kong cinemas, in a poorly re-edited version with some newer footage of Dean Shek and Yuen Siu Tien spliced in, along with a rather obvious Jackie Chan double. [ 1 ] The amalgamated footage was sold to US film producer Dick Randall, who dubbed and repackaged it, and gave it an alternative title, Master with Cracked Fingers . The rights were subsequently sold to 21st Centu…

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Jackie Chan's First Starring Role

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