An Orphan's Tragedy

An Orphan's Tragedy
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Traditional 孤星血淚
Simplified 孤星血泪
Mandarin Gū Xīng Xuè Lèi
Cantonese Gu1 Sing1 Hyut3 Leoi6
Directed by Chu Kei
Screenplay by Ching Kong
Chu Kei
Lau Fong
Based on Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Starring Bruce Lee
Ng Cho-fan
Lau Hak-suen
Josephine Siao
Cheung Wood-yau
Music by Chow Long
Cinematography Suen Lun
Production
company
Union Film Enterprise
Release date
 11 February 1955 (1955-02-11)
Running time
 113 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese

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.[1]

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.

Cast

  • Bruce Lee as child Frank Wong Fuk-wan (based on Philip Pirrip)
    • Cheung Wood-yau as adult Frank Wong Fuk-wan
  • Ng Cho-fan as Dickson Fan (based on Abel Magwitch)
  • Wong Cho-san as Sam Wong (based on Joe Gargery)
  • Lau Hak-suen as To Chai-yan (based on Compeyson)
  • Josephine Siao as child Polly/Pui-yee (based on Estella Havisham)
    • Yung Siu-yee as adult Polly/Pui-yee
  • Chow Chi-sing as Chow
  • Ko Lo-chuen as Kwai
  • Lee Pang-fei as Joseph Chan
  • Kong Duen-yee as Rainbow/Choi-hung (based on Biddy)
    • Wong Fei-fei as child Rainbow/Choi-hung
  • Yip Ping as Mrs. Fan
  • Ling Mung as Yau
  • Kam Lau as Polly's mother (based on Miss Havisham)
  • Cheung Sang as Village neighbor (based on Mr. Hubble)
  • Chan Lap-ban as Village neighbor (based on Mrs. Hubble)
  • Chu Yau-ko as Dancing at nightclub
  • Yuen Lap-cheung as Pharmacy customer
  • Lam Liu-ngok as To's goon
  • Fung King-man as To's goon

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bruce Lee: The Early Years 1953/1955".
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