The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe
Directed by Mario Caiano
Produced by Renato Angiolini
Roberto Bessi
Screenplay by Mario Caiano
Fabrizio Trifone Trecca
Story by Carlo Alberto Alfieri
Mario Caiano
Fabrizio Trifone Trecca
(as T.F. Karter)
Starring Chen Lee
Carla Romanelli
Gordon Mitchell
Piero Lulli
Katsutoshi Mikuriya
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Robert Hundar
Klaus Kinski
Music by Bruno Nicolai
Cinematography Guglielmo Mancori
Edited by Amedeo Giomini
Production
company
C.B.A. Produttori e Distributori Associati
Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
Distributed by Jumbo Cinematografica
Release date
 28 December 1973
Running time
 98 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe (Italian: Il mio nome è Shanghai Joe, lit. "My name is Shanghai Joe") is a 1973 Spaghetti Western kung fu film. The film was released in a number of alternate titles in the United States, including To Kill or to Die and The Dragon Strikes Back. The film was directed by Mario Caiano and stars Chen Lee as Shanghai Joe.[1]

Plot

A Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, travels to Texas looking for honest work. However, all he encounters is racism. He soon impinges on the interests of a slave trader called Spencer, ending up with a price on his head. "Shanghai Joe" uses his martial arts expertise to free the Mexican slaves from their cruel master, but then Spencer and his friends decide to hire the four most terrifying bounty hunters of the West, among them a cannibal and a scalp hunter.

Cast

DVD release

On May 26, 2009, a Region 0 DVD of the movie was released by Alpha Video.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "New York Times: My Name Is Shanghai Joe". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. ↑ Euro-Western Double Feature: The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe (1972) / Any Gun Can Play (1967) DVD info, Oldies.com


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