Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend

Oct 14, 1973

1h 26m

★ 8.1

Overview

This documentary tells the story of Bruce Lee and his unsuccessful efforts to start a acting career in the U.S., he returned to Hong Kong where he became an international star, and his death at age 32.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Concord Productions

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Mei Wang

Self (uncredited)

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Self

Carter Huang Chia-Ta

Self

Shannon Lee

Self

Raymond Chow

Self

Robert Chan Law-Bat

Self

Chow Gat

Self

Kam Chun-Pak

Self

Woo Fung

Self

Nora Miao

Self

Dan Inosanto

Self

Lee Jan-Fai

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