Magnificent Bodyguards (1978)
1978 film by Jackie Chan, Lo Wei
- Released
- 1978
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Standard Chinese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Lo Wei
- Screenplay
- Gu Long
- Producer
- Lo Wei
- Music
- Frankie Chan
- Starring
- Jackie Chan
- Running time
- 78 minutes
Magnificent Bodyguards is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film directed and produced by Lo Wei. The film stars Jackie Chan, James Tien, Leung Siu-lung, and Wang Ping. Chan, along with Luk Chuen also worked as stunt coordinators. This film was well received in Hong Kong, but Chan himself doesn't like it. He puts it down to Lo Wei not giving him any creative freedom. This was the first film in Hong Kong to be filmed using 3-D technology, and it features music from Star Wars.
More films directed by Lo Wei
- The Big Boss 1971
- Fist of Fury 1972
- A Man Called Tiger 1973
- Yellow Faced Tiger 1974
- Killer Meteors 1976
- New Fist of Fury 1976
- To Kill with Intrigue 1977
- Spiritual Kung Fu 1978
- Dragon Fist 1979
- Fearless Hyena Part II 1983
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q2567268 (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.