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Released
1973 · FILM

Enter the Dragon

A rotund pig farmer and Bruce Lee fanatic named Ah Lung heads to the city to work at his uncle’s restaurant, only to confront a ruthless gang terrorizing the kitchen; he must summon his martial‑arts dreams to defeat the thugs, protect his coworkers, and prove that true strength isn’t measured by size.

“Their deadly mission: to crack the forbidden island of Han!”

Directed by
Robert Clouse
Written by
Michael Allin
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
102 min
ActionCrimeThriller

Synopsis

A martial artist accepts a mission to gather intelligence on a reclusive crime lord, using an invitation to a tournament at the crime lord's location as a cover.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 42+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Kurt HirschlerShot by Gil HubbsScored by Lalo Schifrin

Box Office

1973 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 25× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$21.5M

Budget$850K
Worldwide gross$21.5M
break-even (2.5×)

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Also known as

  • Bruce Lee - Der Mann mit der Todeskrallede
  • Der Mann mit der Todeskrallede
  • Operación Dragónes
  • Opération Dragonfr
  • I 3 dell'Operazione Dragoit
  • I tre dell'Operazione Dragoit

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