The Legend of Wisely is a 1987 Hong Kong film

Cinema of Hong Kong

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 directed by Teddy Robin.

Plot

Wisely, the famous writer/adventurer, is tricked by his friend (played by Teddy Robin, the film's director) into helping him steal the dragon pearl. Sam Hui plays Wisely in this big budget HK movie, with production units filming some scenes by the Great Pyramids, and many scenes in Nepal

Nepal

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. There are car chases and crashes, chases by horsemen and plenty of fights along the way. The Legend of Wisely is a live action comic book. A lot of effort went into making this movie, and it shows as Wisely goes from one hazard to another, an HK version of Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones

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Credits

• Directed by: Teddy Robin
• Produced by: Sam Hui
• Cinematography by: Peter Pau
  Peter Pau
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Credited cast

• Ti Lung
  Ti Lung
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   - Pak Kei-Wei
• Teddy Robin - David Ko
• Joey Wong
  Joey Wong
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   - Sue Pak (as Wong Joe Hin)
• Bruce Baron
  Bruce Baron
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   - Howard Hope
• Heidi Makinen - Hope's Assistant
• Eva Cobo
• Sam Hui - Wisely
• Blackie Ko
  Blackie Ko
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   - The Two Headed Snake
• Ko Yau-Lun
• Wellington Fung - Cameo appearance (uncredited)

Other crew

• Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko - action choreographer

• Country : Hong Kong
  Hong Kong
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• Film Company : Cinema City & Films Co.
• Genre : Adventure
  Adventure
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   / Fantasy
  Fantasy
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• Runtime : 86 min.

Also known as

• Legend of Wisely
• Legend of Wu
• Wai Si-Lei chuen kei
• La Légende de la perle d'or
• Legenda o zlaté perle
• Wei si li chuan ji (China: Mandarin title)
• Wisely Legend (literal English title)

External links

• IMBd entry