Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

(1978)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 374 votes

Genres: Action, Comedy

Year: 1978

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: Hong Kong

Director: 袁和平

Cast: Джеки Чан, 袁小田, 황정리, 石天, Roy Horan, 馮克安, 陳耀林, 王將, 陳龍, 徐蝦

Plot

Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.

An orphan Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), working as a servant in a kung fu school is bullied by his teachers. Chien befriends an old beggar by offering him a meal and a place to stay. Unknown to Chien, the old beggar is actually Pai, one of the last surviving masters of the Snake-style of kung fu. Pai is on the run from the Eagle Claw clan, which is viciously killing off all of the rival Snake-style masters. Chien practices the lessons taught by Pai and learns to avoid being hurt by the school's bumbling teachers. Chien meets Sheng Kuan, the high master of the Eagle Clan, who is determined to track n kill Pai. Sheng Kuan recognizes Chien's snake style kung fu.