Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon
Theatrical release poster
Traditional	龍爭虎鬥
Simplified	龙争虎斗
Mandarin	Lóng Zhēng Hǔ Dòu
Cantonese	Lung4 Zang1 Fu2 Dau3
Directed by	Robert Clouse
Produced by	Fred Weintraub Paul Heller Raymond Chow
Written by	Michael Allin
Starring	Bruce Lee John Saxon Ahna Capri Robert Wall Shih Kien Jim Kelly Bolo Yeung
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Gilbert Hubbs
Edited by	Yao Chung Chang Kurt Hirschler George Watters
Production company	Warner Bros. Concord Production Inc.
Distributed by	Golden Harvest (Hong Kong) Warner Bros. (International)
Release date	26 July 1973 (1973-07-26) (Hong Kong) 17 August 1973 (1973-08-17) (United States)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Hong Kong United States
Language	English Cantonese
Budget	$850,000
Box office	HK$3,307,520.40 (Hong Kong) $22 million (USA)

Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong-American martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse, starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly. This was Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at age 32. The film was first released on 26 July 1973 in Hong Kong, six days after Lee's death.

Often considered one of the greatest martial arts films of all time, in 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was often thought of as the one that sparked the "Kung Fu Kraze" both in the United States as well as beyond.

Lee (Bruce Lee) is a Shaolin martial artist from Hong Kong who possesses great philosophical insight into martial arts as well as physical prowess. Lee receives an invitation from a mysterious man, Mr. Han (Shih Kien), to compete in a martial arts competition on his island. Lee later finds out that Mr. Han is involved with prostitution and drug trafficking on the island. Approached by the British Intelligence Agency, Lee agrees to go undercover and enter the competition to stop Mr. Han. With the help of his friends, Lee conducts his investigation on the island by searching for evidence and clues, which inevitably stirs up trouble with Han. In a final battle, Lee uses the lesson he learned earlier in the film to defeat and kill Han just as the military arrives to end the mayhem.

Many feel that there are some connections between Enter the Dragon and the Black Power movement. The Black Power movement, by and large led by Stokley Carmichael, was a racial empowerment movement. Carmichael believed in strengthening the black individual, as well as the black community, without the help of whites. Only then, could true and successful integration take place. Carmichael did not believe in peaceful resistance, and advocated for violence, stating that the Black community and the movement would achieve its goals by "whatever means necessary". Carmichael wanted to bring the country to its knees if it messed with a black man, and he claimed the movement would back up this sentiment.