Enter the Dragon (1973) Cast: Then and Now [49 Years After] Enter the Dragon (Chinese: 龍爭虎鬥) is a 1973 action thriller film directed by Robert Clouse and starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly. It was Lee’s final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at age 32. An American and Hong Kong co-production, it premiered in Los Angeles on 19 August 1973, one month after Lee’s death.
Enter the Dragon is widely regarded as one of the greatest martial arts films of all time. Among the first films to combine martial arts action with spy film elements and the emerging blaxploitation genre, its success led to a series of similar productions combining the martial arts and blaxploitation genres.
