Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon

Infobox Film
name = Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon


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director = Lau Kar Wing
producer = Wellington Fung
writer = Chang Gwok Tsz
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starring = Sammo Hung
Karl Maka
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distributor = Cinema Capital Entertainement
Cinema City & Films Company
released = 1990
runtime = 105 min
country = Hong Kong
language = Cantonese
budget =
gross = HK$10.271 million
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amg_id = 1:212100
imdb_id = 0100605

"Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon" (zh-t|t=瘦虎肥龍) aka "Skinny Tiger & Fatty Dragon" aka "Nutty Kickbox Cops" is a 1990 Hong Kong action film directed by Lau Kar Wing (Liu Chia Yung), starring Sammo Hung and Karl Maka. The trio had worked together in the late 1970s, making two films for Lau and Hung's short-lived Gar Bo Motion Picture Company. Whilst Lau continued to appear in Hung's films for Golden Harvest througout the 1980s, Maka had gone on to co-run Cinema City. "Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon" was therefore something of a reunion for the three actors.

Much of the film was recorded in Singapore, and it featured two former winners of the Miss Singapore Universe competition. The films climax was filmed in the New Territories, Hong Kong and featured two Thai "ladyboys".

In the film, the main characters played by Hung and Maka are known by the nicknames "Fatty" and "Baldy", respectively. Despite the film's title, Maka's character is never referred to as "Skinny". In one scene, the pair are referred to by a work colleague as "Crazy Tiger and Mad Dragon".