Life Gamble(1978)
Legendary director Chang Cheh teamed his latest big star, Alexander Fu Sheng, with future Venoms Lo Meng and Kuo Chue to create another winner in his vaunted filmography. Joining them were the top supporting actors and the prettiest starlets, for an entertaining, exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.
Movie: Life Gamble
Top 10 Billed Cast
Yun Xiang
Qiu Zi-Yu
Mo Jun-Feng
Master Nan
Chief Constable Xiao
Xiao Qiang
Peng Shuang-Shuang
Zhen Liu-Xiang
Cui
Cheng Zhang-Po
Video Trailer Life Gamble
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