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蛇形刁手
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

《蛇形刁手》（英语：Snake in the Eagle's Shadow）是1978年的一部香港动作喜剧电影，也是袁和平首度执导的作品，而袁和平后来以动作指导扬名世界。《蛇形刁手》由成龙、黄正利以及袁和平的父亲袁小田主演。同年袁和平还执导了《醉拳》，并为同样的演员班底。这两部电影让成龙一夕成名，摆脱以往票房毒药称号，成为最受欢迎的新人演员。

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Chinese: 蛇形刁手) is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping in his directorial debut. It stars Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee, and Yuen Woo-ping's real life father, Yuen Siu-tien. The film's plot is about Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan who is bullied at a kung fu school, meeting an old beggar, Pai Cheng-tien (Yuen Siu-tien), who becomes his sifu (teacher) and trains him in Snake Kung Fu. Right after this film, Yuen Woo-ping directed Drunken Master, released in the same year, which also starred Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee and Yuen Siu-tien. The film established Chan's slap-stick kung fu comedy style which he further developed with Drunken Master, while also establishing the basic plot structure used in many martial arts films internationally since then.

Starring
成龙 Jackie Chan, 袁小田 Yuen Siu-tien, 黄正利 Hwang Jang-lee, 罗伊·霍兰 Roy Horan, 徐虾, 王将, 冯敬文, 蒋金, 陈耀林, 石天 Dean Shek, 陈龙, 金鑫, 赵志凌, 冯克安

Plot
Chien Fu, an orphan adopted by a kung fu school, is overworked as their janitor while being bullied and abused by the kung fu teachers as a walking punching-bag, with the school's cook, Ah-Wu, being his only sympathizer. Chien befriends an old beggar by offering him a meal and a place to stay. Unknown to Chien, the old beggar is actually Pai Cheng-tien, one of the last surviving masters of the Snake-style of kung fu. Pai is on the run from the Eagle Claw clan, which is viciously killing off all of the rival Snake-style masters, but is ambushed by Eagle Claw student Su Chen and an assassin masquerading as a Christian missionary (Roy Horan), and is injured. After being abused once more, Chien later finds Pai and helps him recover. Pai agrees to give him more lessons, on the condition that he does not call him "sifu" ("master"), since they are friends. The real reason, however, is to keep Chien's connection with him secret from his pursuers. Chien practices the lessons and learns to avoid being hurt by the school's bumbling teachers. When the school is invaded by the Mantis school, to everyone's amazement Chien easily defeats their master using the snake style. One of the passing wanderers who witnesses the fight is the high master of the Eagle Clan, Sheng Kuan, who recognizes the style at once and decides to tail Chien. Chien meets Shang Kuan, who inquires about the old beggar, claiming that he was a colleague of Pai's. As a show of 'proof', he easily fends off Chien's attacks. Chien realises that his Snake-style fighting is no match for the style practiced by the stranger, and thus creates a new style from watching his pet cat kill a cobra. Later on the Eagle Claw conspirators track down Pai, who manages to kill Su Chen. He returns to Chien for hiding, but it is then shown that Ah-Wu is also an Eagle Claw conspirator as he puts poison into their tea. Chien rushes to fetch Sheng Kuan, but sensing danger, Pai flees, with his enemy in pursuit. As Chien hurries after them, he finally learns the truth behind the conspiracy, and eventually challenges Sheng Kuan to single combat after Pai is brought down. Apparently at a disadvantage in the initial phase, Chien brings his new 'Cat Claw' technique—against which Sheng Kuan knows no defense—to bear, killing him. When Ah-Wu shows up after the fight and reveals his true allegiance, Chien and Pai trick and slay him, as they have by chance avoided ingesting the poison. Afterwards, the two friends wander off to refine Chien's new technique, giving it its titular name.

剧情
“蛇形门”、“鹰爪门”是两门百年世仇。“鹰爪门”现任掌门上官逸云，创出“鹰爪擒蛇手”，更以此功将“蛇形拳”一门几乎消灭殆尽。幸存的“蛇形拳”传人白长天，被上官逸云追杀，后被洪泰武馆打杂的简福收留。白长天百般试探后认为简福是个可信也可造之才，便将蛇形拳传给简福，好延续蛇形一脉，而后白长天有事离开。某日，简福看到他养的猫和一条眼镜蛇在打斗，灵光一闪将‘猫爪’融入‘蛇形拳’。白长天终于被上官逸云找到，二人展开最后生死对决，可是“蛇形拳”终究不敌“鹰爪擒蛇手”。在危急时刻，简福赶到救援，并以“蛇形拳”融合“猫爪”，杀败上官逸云。白长天将此双功合并命名为“蛇形刁手”。

Cast and Character 演员阵容与角色
成龙 Jackie Chan 饰演简福