The Legend of Wisely
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| The Legend of Wisely | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Teddy Robin |
| Screenplay by | Philip Cheng Gerald Liu Calvin Poon |
| Produced by | Samuel Hui |
| Starring | Samuel Hui Ti Lung Teddy Robin Joey Wong |
| Cinematography | Peter Pau |
| Edited by | Cinema City Production Editing Unit |
| Music by | Lo Tayu |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Golden Princess Film Production |
Release date | 21 January 1987 |
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)
See also
- Wisely Series, the novel series by Ni Kuang
- Films and television series adapted from the Wisely Series:
- The Seventh Curse, a 1986 Hong Kong film starring Chow Yun-fat as Wisely
- The Cat (1992 film), a 1998 Hong Kong film starring Waise Lee as Wisely
- The New Adventures of Wisely, a 1998 Singaporean television series starring Michael Tao as Wisely
- The Wesley's Mysterious File, a 2002 Hong Kong film starring Andy Lau as Wisely
- The 'W' Files, a 2003 Hong Kong television series starring Gallen Lo as Wisely
External links
- Hong Kong films
- 1987 films
- 1980s adventure films
- 1980s fantasy films
- 1980s action films
- 1980s martial arts films
- Hong Kong adventure films
- Hong Kong fantasy films
- Hong Kong action comedy films
- Hong Kong martial arts films
- Cantonese-language films
- Films based on Chinese novels
- Films about writers
- Films shot in Nepal