Year: 1972
Runtime: 101 mins
Language: Chinese
Director: Chor Yuen
He robs the wealthy to aid the poor, a Robin Hood figure in 1930s Shanghai. The masked Lizard, actually timid clerk Cheng Long, outwits corrupt police chief Chen Can, who is pressured by Japanese occupiers to capture him. Unbeknownst to Chen, Cheng’s thievery furthers the chief’s own agenda.
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