Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

1978 · 1h38 · Film

Directed by Yuen Woo-Ping

Starring Jackie Chan, Roy Horan, Charlie Chan Yiu-Lam

Ideal when you feel… Happy Exhausted Romantic

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.

Original title

蛇形刁手

Original language

cn

Screenplay

Yuen Woo-Ping, Ng See-Yuen

Updated July 22, 2026

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