Kung Fu (1972)★ 7.6/10
- Adventure
- Drama
- Western
Directed by: John Badham, David Carradine, Robert Butler, Lee Philips, Jerry Thorpe
Written by: Ed Spielman, Herman Miller, John T. Dugan, William Kelley, Ed Waters
The adventures of Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine as he wanders through the American West, armed only with his spiritual training and his skill in Kung Fu.
- Original title
- Kung Fu
- Storyline
- Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine is on the run after he killed the Chinese Emperor's nephew after that coward killed his teacher in cold blood with a gun. He flees to America to escape retaliation, and to search for his half-brother in order to settle down in this new land. However, in his travels in the Wild West, he cannot help but continually run into trouble from desperadoes and other ruffians as they oppress the innocent, while bounty hunters pursue the price on his head. Against this, he has his skill of Kung Fu martial arts, which proves to be devastatingly effective in this gun-dominated land.
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 8,441
- Companies
- Warner Bros. Television, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Teledoce Televisora Color - Canal 12, 2ème chaîne ORTF, Radio Televisión Dominicana (RTVD), TF1, Antenne 2 (A2), France Régions 3 (FR3), La Cinq (La 5), BBC One, Color Visión, Cuatro, Festival, ITV - Independent Television, Pidax Film, Sky One, Telesistema, Warner Home Video
- Release dates
- ES October 14, 1972
- US October 14, 1972
- FR April 13, 1974
- BE November 24, 1974
- NL December 13, 1974
- XWG October 4, 1975
- IT May 29, 1983
- BR August 23, 2005
- CA December 11, 2007