Duel for Gold (US: Huo bing ) is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chor Yuen and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Ivy Ling Po, Lo Lieh, Chin Han, Wang Ping, Tsung Hua and Chen Chun. The screenplay was written by Ni Kuang.

Plot

Six swordsmen, including two sisters and their husbands, a ranger and a security man, are after millions of taels of gold stored in a secure vault in Datong Prefecture, and betray and outwit each other during their quest.

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Two sister acrobats, Meng Yu Yieh (Ivy Ling Po) and Meng Yu Ying (Wang Ping), arrive in a town known to be rich in silver and gold. They do street performances and dangerous sword stunts until Yieh is apparently injured. In the emergency they are taken into the nearby treasury house. Chief treasury guard Wen (Richard Chan Chun) determines her injuries are fake and a fight ensues.

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Cast

Chin Han as Master Shen / Meng Lung

Ivy Ling Po as Meng Yu Yen

Lieh Lo as 'Lone Shadow' Teng Chi Yan

Wang Ping as Meng Yu Ying

Richard Chan Chun as Wen Li Hsien / Wen San Hu

Mei Sheng Fan as 'Steward' Chiu

Siu Loi Chow as Chiu's cohort

Hua Chung as Hua Tieh Erh

Sai Gwa-Pau as Waiter

Chun Erh as Treasury Security Guard

Wei Lieh Lan as Treasury Security Guard

Hsiao Chung Li as Treasury Manager

Peng-Fei Li as Treasury Sargeant Chang

Han Lo as Treasury Proprietor

Fan Mei-Sheng as Qiu Fu

Lee Pang-Fei as Sergeant Chang

Chung Wa as Hua Dieh Er

Tong Tin-Hei as Steward Chiu's partner

Yeung Chak-Lam as Steward Chiu's partner

Wong Wai as Steward Chiu's partner

Lee Tin-Ying as Steward Chiu's partner

Law Hon as Bank boss

Lee Siu-Chung as Bank manager

Lau Kwan as Bank clerk

Little Unicorn as Bank Security Guard

Simon Chui Yee-Ang as Bank Security Guard

Yue Man-Wa as Bank Security Guard

Yee Kwan as Bank Security Guard

Lan Wei-Lieh as Bank Security Guard

Tony Lee Wan-Miu as Constable

Lam Siu as Constable

Wu Por as Constable

Kong Lung as Constable

Kwan Yan as Constable

Yue Hong as Waiter

Woo Wai as Waiter

Tsang Choh-Lam as Brothel worker

Kwok Chuk-Hing as Prostitute

Wong Kung-Miu as Servant

Chow Siu-Loi as Chou

Max Lee Chiu-Jun as Bank Security Guard

Hung Ling-Ling as Prostitute

Release

The film's original Mandarin title was Huo bing, its Hong Kong Cantonese title was Fo ping and the working English language title Thieves Fall Out. After release the film's worldwide English subtitled version was titled Duel for Gold.

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Reception

References

External links

1971 films

Hong Kong martial arts films

1970s action films

1970s Mandarin-language films

Wuxia films

1970s Hong Kong films