Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Original Hong Kong film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	蛇形刁手
Simplified Chinese	蛇形刁手
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shé Xíng Diāo Shǒu Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Se4 Jing4 Diu1 Sau2
Directed by	Yuen Woo-ping
Written by	Ng See-yuen Choi Gai-gwong Tsai Chi-kuang
Produced by	Ng See-yuen Chen Chuan
Starring	Jackie Chan Yuen Siu-tien Hwang Jang-lee
Cinematography	Chang Hui
Edited by	Poon Hung-yiu
Music by	Chou Fu-liang
Distributed by	Seasonal Film Corporation
Release date	1 March 1978 (1978-03-01)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	US$3 million (est.)

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 slapstick 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.