''Two on the Road'', also known as ''Fearless Dragons'' and ''The Fearless Jackal'', is a 1980 Hong Kong

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directed by Lei Chiu and starring

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Plot

During the early years of the

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era, Ming On Town's mayor, Tse Hung (

), raises a large sum of funds for disaster victims of

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with renowned martial arts master Wong and his disciples in charge of transporting the funds up north. However, while on the road, the funds were hijacked by robbers, causing disorderly chaos. Lively Dragon (

), a conman, sees a wanted notice posted and reports it to the

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leading police captain Yung and Master Wong to arrest wanted criminal Crazy Horse (

). However, Horse managed to escape and as a result, Dragon was unable to collect any bounty. Dragon also becomes wanted with Horse and were both captured and jailed. Fortunately, they worked together to escape from prison and became friends. Dragon and Horse later discover that someone set a trap causing them to become suspects for the stolen funds and the duo collaborates to investigate into the matter. Since then, a series of strange events occur in Ming On Town and Chow Po, the Tse family's housekeeper was killed when his wealth was made visible and Captain Yung was killed by the same culprit. Although Dragon and Horse's lives were in danger, they continued to investigate. Soon they discovered the secret that the funds were taken by an unexpected person. The duo decides to engage in a thrilling battle of wits and fists with the culprit to bring him to justice once and for all.

Cast

as Lively Dragon (雷震天) *

as Crazy Horse (馬力) *

as Tse Hung (謝雄) *Leung Ka-lai as Master Wong (黃師傅) *Siu Kam as Golden Teeth (大金牙) *Chan Lau *Addy Sung *Chiang Tao *

Sai Gwa-Pau Lim Gan (林根), better known in Hong Kong by his stagename Sai Gwa-Pau (西瓜刨) (7 October 1918 – 12 March 2001) was a Hong Kong film actor who played roles in over 600 movies from the 1950s onwards. His stagename "Watermelon Slice" refer ...

as Buckteeth So (牙擦蘇) *Cheung Chok-chow *Tsui Oi-sam *Chow Shing-po *Tsang Chiu-yue *Liu Chui-yi as Female prisoner *Chiu Sing-po *Wong Hak *Ho Pak-kwong *Lai Kim-hung *Chong Wai *Chan Leung *Lei Chiu *Ho Kei-cheong *Cheung Ping-chan *To Wai-wo *Lee Fat-yuen *Chan Ling-wai *Tai San

Box office

The film grossed HK$912,068.50 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 6 to 12 November 1980.

References

External links

* *
Two on the Road
' at

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