The Man from Hong Kong, known in the U.S.A. as The Dragon Flies is a 1975 action film that was the first Australian-Hong Kong co-production being filmed in both nations. The film was also the first Australian martial arts film. It was produced by Raymond Chow and John Fraser, directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starred Jimmy Wang-Yu and George Lazenby. The film was restored by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive.
The film opens at Ay...
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The Man from Hong Kong, known in the U.S.A. as The Dragon Flies is a 1975 action film that was the first Australian-Hong Kong co-production being filmed in both nations. The film was also the first Australian martial arts film. It was produced by Raymond Chow and John Fraser, directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starred Jimmy Wang-Yu and George Lazenby. The film was restored by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive.
The film opens at Ayres Rock, where undercover detectives arrest Hong Kong drug courier Win Chan (Sammo Hung). The film switches to the Royal Hong Kong Police Police Training School at Wong Chuk Hang where a hang glider piloted by Australian Caroline Thorne (Rosalind Speirs) runs out of air currents and lands on the parade square. She is met by Inspector Fang Sing Leng who has coincidentally been chosen to travel to Sydney to interview Win Chan.
Fang is met by Detectives Gross (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and Taylor (Roger Ward) who have been unable to obtain any...
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