Have Sword, Will Travel

Have Sword, Will Travel
Film poster

Traditional	保鏢
Simplified	保镖
Mandarin	Bǎo Biāo
Cantonese	Bou² Biu¹
Directed by	Chang Cheh
Produced by	Runme Shaw
Screenplay by	Ni Kuang
Starring	Ti Lung David Chiang Lee Ching
Music by	Wang Fu Ling
Cinematography	Kung Mu To
Edited by	Chiang Hsing Lung
Production company	Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio
Release dates	25 December 1969 (1969-12-25)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin
Box office	HK$1,031,768.90

Have Sword, Will Travel is a 1969 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh and starring Ti Lung, David Chiang and Lee Ching.

Plot

The upright and invincible leader of the Wulin clan Lord Yin Ke Feng (Cheng Miu) helps the Luoyang government to escort two hundred million worth of gold annually and has never made a mistake. However, he accidentally loses his martial arts skills and the gold is stolen by Chao Hong (Ku Feng), leader of the Flying Tigers thieves. Lone swordsman Lo Yi (David Chiang) meets Yun Piao Piao (Lee Ching) and her fiance Siang Ding (Ti Lung), who are bodyguards for the gold. First, they fight each other before joining forces to help Yin to defeat Chao. Originally down and out, Lu is taken in by the gentle Yun and volunteers to be a bodyguard. He becomes acquainted with her through his warm-blooded actions.

Cast

Ti Lung as Siang Ding
David Chiang as Lu Yi
Lee Ching as Yun Piao Piao
Wong Chung as The Mute
Ku Feng as Chao Hong
Chan Sing as Mao Biao
Cheng Miu as Lord Yin Ke Feng
Cheng Lui as Wong Chuen
Wang Kuang Yu as one of Lord Yin's men
Hung Lau as Chu Tin Hou, a Flying Tiger
Lau Gong as a Flying Tiger
Cliff Lok as a Flying Tiger
Cheng Kang Yeh as Yang Hang Chiu
Wong Ching Ho as Government official
Lo Hung
Yuen Cheung-yan
Yuen Shun Yi
Wong Pau Kei
Fung Hak On
Lo Wai
Chan Chuen
Tsang Cho Lam as Waiter
Danny Chow
Yen Shi Kwan
Wu Chi Chin
Ho Pak Kwong
Wong Mei
Jason Pai as carries silver to the cart
Wong Shu Tong
Wan Ling Kwong
Tam Bo
Law Keung
Chu Gam as clerk
Ho Bo Sing
Yuen Shing Chau
Ng Yuen Fan
Lee Siu Wah
Fung Hap So
Yuen Pak Chan
Goo Chim Hung as Horse buyer
Chik Nagi Hung
Hsu Hsia
Chui Chung Hok
Cheung Chi Ping
Chan Sing Tong
Chan Siu Gai
San Kuai
Hon Kwok Choi
Lau Jun Fai
Lai Yan
Yeung Wai
Tang Tak Cheung
Chui Fat

Box office

The film grossed HK$1,031,768.90 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical from 25 December 1969 to 8 January 1970 in Hong Kong.

External links

Have Sword, Will Travel at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Have Sword, Will Travel at Hong Kong Cinemagic
Have Sword, Will Travel at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Chang Cheh

The Assassin (1967)
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
Golden Swallow (1968)
Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)
The Invincible Fist (1969)
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
Dead End (1969)
The Heroic Ones (1970)
Vengeance (1970)
The Duel (1971)
Duel of Fists (1971)
The Deadly Duo (1971)
The Anonymous Heroes (1971)
New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
King Eagle (1971)
Four Riders (1972)
Trilogy of Swordsmanship (1972)
The Water Margin (1972)
Boxer From Shantung (1972)
Young People (1972)
Police Force (1973)
The Blood Brothers (1973)
The Generation Gap (1973)
The Delinquent (1973)
The Pirate (1973)
The Savage Five (1974)
Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
Heroes Two (1974)
Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Disciples of Shaolin (1975)
7 Man Army (1976)
Shaolin Temple (1976)
The Shaolin Avengers (1976)
Chinatown Kid (1977)
The Brave Archer (1977)
The Brave Archer 2 (1978)
Five Venoms (1978)
Invincible Shaolin (1978)
Crippled Avengers (1978)
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung (1979)
Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
Shaolin Rescuers (1979)
Magnificent Acrobats (1979)
Flag of Iron (1980)
The Brave Archer 3 (1981)
2 Champions of Shaolin (1981)
Masked Avengers (1981)
The Brave Archer and His Mate (1982)
House of Traps (1982)
Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1982)
Five Element Ninjas (1982)
The Weird Man (1983)
Shanghai 13 (1984)
Ninja In Ancient China (1993)

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