向荣（姜大卫 饰）和根莱（狄龙 饰）是一对亲密无间的好朋友。忽然，向荣遭逢家庭变故，一时不知所措，幸得根莱伸出援手才得以渡过难关。一日，向荣不幸遭歹徒痛殴，又是根莱恰巧路过相救。向荣请深感不懂武功的无奈，于是请求根莱带他去拜师习武。拜师入门后，向荣的武艺进步神速；但却屡屡误伤伤师兄弟，师傅只能将他逐出了师门。后来向荣遇到了当日仇人，学得一身武艺的他痛殴了对方，因此被黑社会大佬看好，聘为打手。而此时根莱却做了干探，两个好朋友注定要拼个你死我活。

Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.

1978 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping