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4.3/5 Fandor Simplified 孤星血泪 Cantonese Gu Sing Hyut Leoi Initial release 11 February 1955 Cinematography Suen Lun | 7/10 IMDb Traditional 孤星血淚 Mandarin Gū Xīng Xuè Lèi Directed by Chu Kei Director Ji Zhu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Ching KongChu KeiLau Fong Cast Bruce Lee, Josephine Siao, Cho‑fan Ng, Wood Yau Cheung, Kong Duen‑yee Similar Bruce Lee movies, Great Expectations movies, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955 bruce lee hkf archive an orphan s tragedy public domain
An Orphan's Tragedy is a 1955 Hong Kong drama film co-written and directed by Chu Kei and starring Bruce Lee, Ng Cho-fan, Lau Hak-suen, Josephine Siao and Cheung Wood-yau. The film is a loose adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations.
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Plot
Profiteer To Chai-yan (Lau Hak-suen) framed Dickson Fan (Ng Cho-fan) for selling counterfeit medicine which led Fan to ten years of unjust imprisonment. Fan escapes prison to a rural farm where he meets teenager Frank Wong (Bruce Lee), who helps him escapade arrest from the police. Later on, Fan discovers that Frank is his biological son and he finds a job outside at the provincial capital in order to earn money and anonymously pay for Frank to study medicine outside of town. Frank, not knowing that Fan is his father, believes that Fan is donating money to him out of gratitude. After graduating, Frank works at To's medical company. To has always suspected Frank to be Fan's son. In order to force Fan to come out of hiding, To frames Frank the way that he framed Fan back then.