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The Chase (1971)

The Chase poster
Original title
Zhui ji
Directed by
Wong Tin-lam
Genre
action film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two people get caught up in a conflict that involves sword fighting. They try to survive and escape from their pursuers.

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What happens

The Chase or Zhui Ji(追撃), released in North America and worldwide as The Shanghai Killers, is a 1971 Hong Kong action film with sword fighting directed by Wong Tin Lam. It stars Maria Yi and James Tien. The film entered the North American box office charts in August 1973, before eventually topping the chart in September. It briefly overtook the Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon, before it regained the top spot several weeks later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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