Movie Ad of the Week: JAWS OF THE BLACK DRAGON w/ BAMBOO TRAP and FIERCE KUNG FU BROTHERS (1979)

A triple bill of kung fu movies from Ark Films opened at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on December 19, 1979.

JAWS OF THE BLACK DRAGON is SHI BA YU LUO HAN a.k.a. EIGHTEEN JADE ARHATS, THE EIGHTEEN JADE PEARLS and 18 CLAWS OF SHAOLIN (1979).

BAMBOO TRAP is a Filipino production originally titled MABABAGSIK NA ANGHELAND and also known as THE BLACK PANTHER OF SHAOLIN (1975), starring Leo Fong and Ron Van Clief.

FIERCE KUNG FU BROTHERS is TIAN YA GUAI KE Y ZHEN FENG a.k.a. GOLD CONSTABLES and THE NINJA PIRATES, which most sources claim is a 1981 film but here it is in downtown Detroit at the end of 1979.

Movie Ad of the Week: THE DEATH OF BRUCE LEE w/ MR. DEATH (1977)

A double feature of death from Howard Mahler Films -- THE DEATH OF BRUCE LEE and MR. DEATH -- opened in Louisville, KY on November 18, 1977. THE DEATH OF BRUCE LEE is a re-release of THE BLACK DRAGON'S REVENGE (1975), starring Ron Van Clief and Charles Bonet. The second feature, MR. DEATH, is a re-release of Jim Sotos' THE LAST VICTIM, starring Tanya Roberts, Ron Max, and Nancy Allen. Although it carries an R rating here, the film actually received a PG from the MPAA in January 1976. When it was re-released as FORCED ENTRY in 1983 by Sotos' own company, Century International, it was edited for re-rating and got an R.