Game of Death (1978)
1978 film Robert Clouse
- Released
- 23 March 1978
- Country
- Hong Kong, United States
- Language
- English, Cantonese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Bruce Lee, Robert Clouse, Sammo Hung
- Screenplay
- Bruce Lee
- Producer
- Raymond Chow, Bruce Lee
- Music
- John Barry
- Starring
- James Tien, Chieh Yuan, Dan Inosanto, Ji Han-jae, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Production company
- Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Columbia Pictures
- Distributor
- Columbia Pictures, Netflix
- Budget
- $850,000
- Based on
- The Game of Death
The Game of Death is an incomplete Hong Kong martial arts film directed by, written by, and starring Bruce Lee. Produced by Concord Production and expected to be released in 1973, over 120 minutes of footage was shot between September and October 1972, mostly from the climax of the film.
During filming, Lee received an offer to star in Enter the Dragon, the first kung fu film to be produced by a Hollywood studio (Warner Bros.), and with a budget unprecedented for the genre ($850,000). Lee died of cerebral edema before the film's release. At the time of his death, he had made plans to resume the filming of The Game of Death. After Lee's death, Enter the Dragon director Robert Clouse was enlisted to finish the film using two body doubles; it was released in 1978 as Game of Death, five years after Lee's death, by Golden Harvest. Surviving footage was also included as part of the documentary Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey.
Cast
- James Tien
- Chieh Yuan
- Dan Inosanto
- Ji Han-jae
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Bruce Lee
- Gig Young
- Dean Jagger
- Colleen Camp
- Robert Wall
- Sammo Hung
- Kim Tai-chung
- Yuen Biao
- Hugh O'Brian
- Roy Chiao
- Albert Sham
- Don Barry
- Mel Novak
More films directed by Bruce Lee
More films directed by Robert Clouse
- Enter the Dragon 1973
- Black Belt Jones 1974
- Golden Needles 1974
- The Big Brawl 1980
- Force: Five 1981
- Gymkata 1985
- China O'Brien 1990
- China O'Brien II 1991
- Ironheart 1992
Series
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Facts from Wikidata Q854576 (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.