Circle of Iron (1978)
1978 film by Richard Moore
- Released
- 1978
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Richard Moore
- Screenplay
- Stirling Silliphant, Stanley Mann, Bruce Lee, James Coburn
- Producer
- Sandy Howard
- Music
- Bruce Smeaton
- Cinematography
- Ronnie Taylor
- Editing
- Ernest Walter
- Starring
- David Carradine, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall, Eli Wallach, Anthony De Longis, Earl Maynard, Vincent Di Paolo
- Running time
- 102 minutes
- Distributor
- Embassy Pictures, Netflix
Circle of Iron is a 1978 American martial arts fantasy film directed by Richard Moore and co-written by Bruce Lee, who intended to star in the film himself, but he abandoned the project due to frustration with pre-production and friction with co-stars. The film is also known as The Silent Flute, which was the original title of the story conceived by Lee, James Coburn and Stirling Silliphant in 1969. After Lee's death in 1973, Silliphant and Stanley Mann completed the screenplay, and Lee's part was given to Kung Fu television star David Carradine. Filming began on 28 October 1977 and ended on 20 December 1977. Many other well-known character actors also had small roles in the film, including Roddy McDowall, Eli Wallach and Christopher Lee.
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Facts from Wikidata Q1168150 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.