The Assignment

1974 · 89 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · DIR. Tyrone Hsu

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Overview

Ma Tsai-Tung, a vagabond, doesn't have enough money to pay for his meal in a restaurant. He is beaten up but is saved by pretty Shirley and her fiancé Buffalo Hsiung with the help of their friend Ken Chan Lee. Restaurant owner Kao, hears that Ma is still alive, so he decides to finish him off.

Dialogue Timeline — 724 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:18 You, beggar, can you take it?
00:05:51 Mr. Kao.
00:11:55 Miss,
00:19:08 Right.
00:20:44 Give me a reason why not.
00:24:21 I'm not paying you people
00:25:52 When that day come,
00:31:34 Brother.
00:35:13 In this way, we don't have to worry
00:37:03 Follow me.
00:38:28 Go on.
00:42:00 Kill him when you got a chance.
00:43:31 I'd have you shot now.
00:44:51 don't crawl back to me.
00:48:16 I wanna give you three tests.
00:51:42 Okay, I'll fulfill obligation,
00:53:21 How do I know you're looking for him?
00:55:45 Me?
00:58:45 Right.
01:03:26 I'll kill you with three blows.
01:05:23 - Get out of here.
01:11:36 He must be in trouble.
01:13:46 it's me.
01:19:56 Brother, why, brother?

Cast & Characters

Lung Tien-hsiang
Sha-Li Chen
Tien-Tai Chen
Liu Ping Chiang Nan
Wang Fei
Huang Lan
Kuang Hui
You-wen Chiang
Ming Shao Ho
Li Chao-Yung
Li Chiang
Cheng-kung Shih
Tsang Ming-Cheong
Dick Wei

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed724
Dialogue density8.1 lines / min
First line00:02:18
Final line01:19:56

Production Record

DirectorTyrone Hsu
LanguageChinese

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