An Orphan's Tragedy

An Orphan's Tragedy
An Orphan's Tragedy
	DVD cover
Traditional Chinese	孤星血淚
Simplified Chinese	孤星血泪
Literal meaning	tiny orphan, tears of blood
Hanyu Pinyin	Gū xīng xuèlèi
Jyutping	Gu1 Sing1 Hyut3 Leoi6
Directed by	Chu Kei
Screenplay by	Ching Kong; Chu Kei; Lau Fong
Based on	Great Expectations; by Charles Dickens
Starring	Bruce Lee; Ng Cho-fan; Lau Hak-suen; Josephine Siao; Cheung Wood-yau
Cinematography	Suen Lun
Music by	Chow Long
Production; company	Union Film Enterprise
Release date	11 February 1955;
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

An Orphan's Tragedy is a 1955 Hong Kong drama film co-written and directed by Chu Kei and starring Bruce Lee, Ng Cho-fan, Lau Hak-suen, Josephine Siao and Cheung Wood-yau. The film is a loose adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations.^[1]

Plot

Profiteer To Chai-yan (Lau Hak-suen) framed Dickson Fan (Ng Cho-fan) for selling counterfeit medicine which led Fan to ten years of unjust imprisonment. Fan escapes prison to a rural farm where he meets teenager Frank Wong (Bruce Lee), who helps him escape arrest from the police. Later on, Fan discovers that Frank is his biological son and he finds a job outside at the provincial capital in order to earn money and anonymously pay for Frank to study medicine outside of town. Frank, not knowing that Fan is his father, believes that Fan is donating money to him out of gratitude. After graduating, Frank works at To's medical company. To has always suspected Frank to be Fan's son. In order to force Fan to come out of hiding, To frames Frank the way that he framed Fan back then.^[2]

Cast

Bruce Lee as child Frank Wong Fuk-wan (based on Philip Pirrip)
- Cheung Wood-yau as adult Frank Wong Fuk-wan
Ng Cho-fan as Dickson Fan (based on Abel Magwitch)
Wong Cho-san as Sam Wong (based on Joe Gargery)
Lau Hak-suen as To Chai-yan (based on Compeyson)
Josephine Siao as child Polly/Pui-yee (based on Estella Havisham)
- Yung Siu-yee as adult Polly/Pui-yee
Mui Yee - Rainbow/Choi-Hung
Chow Chi-sing as Chow
Ko Lo-chuen as Kwai
Lee Pang-fei as Joseph Chan
- Wong Fei-fei as child Rainbow/Choi-hung
Yip Ping as Mrs. Fan
Ling Mung as Yau
Kam Lau as Polly's mother (based on Miss Havisham)
Cheung Sang as Village neighbor (based on Mr. Hubble)
Chan Lap-ban as Village neighbor (based on Mrs. Hubble)
Chu Yau-ko as Dancing at nightclub
Yuen Lap-cheung as Pharmacy customer
Lam Liu-ngok as To's goon
Fung King-man as To's goon