- HD 1080
- Runtime: 100m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: zh
- Country: Hong Kong
- Director: Chang Cheh
- Stars: Alexander Fu Sheng, Phillip Kwok Chui, Lo Meng, Li Yi-Min, Ku Feng
- Production_studio: Shaw Brothers
- The Life Gamble is featured in the top rankings of 1978
- #20 in Top Drama Movies of 1978
- #10 in Top Action Movies of 1978
Legendary director Chang Cheh teamed his latest big star, Alexander Fu Sheng, with future Venoms Lo Meng and Kuo Chue to create another winner in his vaunted filmography. Joining them were the top supporting actors and the prettiest starlets, for an entertaining, exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.