Kid with the Golden Arm
Seen it?1979 | 86 min | Action, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans. If you loved Beast or Kill Bill: Vol. 1, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 26 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Chinese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1979: an older pace and style.
Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one of the very few Venom films where all six Venom actors are present within a single film.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 7K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Chang Cheh
- Sun ChienYang Hu Yun / Iron Feet Lad
- Phillip Kwok ChuiSheriff Hai To
- Lo MengGolden Arm Kid
- Lu FengSilver Spear
- Johnny Wang Lung-WeiIron Armour Wei Lin
- Yang HsiungCopper Head
- Chiang ShengShort Axe Fang Shih
- Suen Shu-PeiLong Axe Yan Jiu
- Wai PakSwordsman Li Qing Ming
- Helen Poon Bing-SeungHeroine Leng Feng