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Duel for Gold
aka: Huo Bing
Duel for Gold; aka: Huo Bing
	Duel for Gold DVD coverart
Directed by	Chor Yuen
Written by	Ni Kuang
Produced by	Runme Shaw
Starring	Chin Han; Ivy Ling Po; Lieh Lo; Wang Ping;
Cinematography	Cho-Hua Wu
Edited by	Hsing-Lung Chiang
Production; company	Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers
Release date	11 June 1971 (Hong Kong);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

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.^[1]^[2] The screenplay was written by Ni Kuang.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.

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.

Reception

References

^ Edgar Chaput, Edgar Chaput. "Shaw Brothers Saturdays: 'Duel for Gold' keeps the viewers on their toes and guessing". soundonsight.org. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
^ Paghat. "DUEL FOR GOLD (HUO BING) 1971". weirdwildrealm.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
^ 火併 (1971) 海報和劇照 [Huo Bing Playbill and Photos] (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 July 2014.
^ 火并火併 (1971) (in Chinese). Douban. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

External links

Duel for Gold at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Huo Bing at IMDb

[SOS-1] Edgar Chaput, Edgar Chaput. "Shaw Brothers Saturdays: 'Duel for Gold' keeps the viewers on their toes and guessing". soundonsight.org. Retrieved 7 July 2014.

[2] Paghat. "DUEL FOR GOLD (HUO BING) 1971". weirdwildrealm.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.

[3] 火併 (1971) 海報和劇照 [Huo Bing Playbill and Photos] (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 July 2014.

[4] 火并火併 (1971) (in Chinese). Douban. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

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