The Legend of Wisely

The Legend of Wisely
Film poster
Traditional 衛斯理傳奇
Simplified 卫斯理传奇
Mandarin Wèi Sī Lǐ Chuán Qí
Cantonese Wai6 Si1 Lei5 Zyun6 Kei4
Directed by Teddy Robin
Produced by Samuel Hui
Screenplay by Philip Cheng
Gerald Liu
Calvin Poon
Based on Wisely Series
by Ni Kuang
Starring Samuel Hui
Ti Lung
Teddy Robin
Joey Wong
Music by Lo Tayu
Cinematography Peter Pau
Edited by Cinema City Production Editing Unit
Production
company
Distributed by Golden Princess Film Production
Release date
 21 January 1987 (1987-01-21)
Running time
 86 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$18,712,571

The Legend of Wisely (衛斯理傳奇) is a 1987 Hong Kong fantasy adventure film directed by Teddy Robin based on Ni Kuang's novel series, Wisely Series, starring Samuel Hui as the titular protagonist. The film co-stars Ti Lung, Joey Wong and Robin himself.

Plot

Wisely, the famous writer/adventurer, is tricked by his friend (played by Teddy Robin, the film's director) into helping him steal the dragon pearl. Samuel Hui plays Wisely in this big budget Hong Kong movie, with production units filming some scenes by the Great Pyramids, and many scenes in Nepal. There are car chases and crashes, chases by horsemen and plenty of fights along the way. The Legend of Wisely is a live action comic book. A lot of effort went into making this movie, and it shows as Wisely goes from one hazard to another, a Hong Kong version of Indiana Jones.

Cast

  • Samuel Hui as Wisely
  • Ti Lung as Pak Kei-wai
  • Teddy Robin as David Ko
  • Joey Wong as Sue Pak
  • Alan Ko as Little Master
  • Bruce Baron as Howard Hope
  • Heidi Makinen as Hope's assistant
  • Blackie Ko as The Two Headed Snake
  • Lee Hoi-hing as Hing
  • Paulo Tocha
  • Wellington Fung as Fake David Ko
  • Kim Fan as Little Master's guardian
  • Ng Chiu-leung
  • Lee Tak-shing
  • Chen Chun-kun
  • Chang Sing-kwong
  • Eva Cobo

Also known as

  • Legend of Wisely
  • Legend of Wu
  • Wai Si-Lei chuen kei
  • La Légende de la perle d'or
  • Legenda o zlaté perle
  • Wei si li chuan ji (China: Mandarin title)
  • Wisely Legend (literal English title)

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