Where to watch The Magnificent Butcher (1979) tonight
The Magnificent Butcher (1979) runs 1 h 48 min and averages 7.2 from 83 TMDB members. A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.
- Runtime
- 1 h 48 min — ends 9:48 pm if you start at 8:00 pm
- Rated
- no US certification listed
- Genres
- Action, Comedy
- Released
- December 19, 1979
- TMDB rating
- 7.2 / 10 from 83 votes
- Director
- Yuen Woo-ping
- Starring
- Sammo Hung Kam-bo, Kwan Tak-Hing, Yuen Biao, Wai Pak
- Language
- cn
- Original title
- 林世榮
Where to watch it tonight
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Questions people ask
- How long is The Magnificent Butcher?
- The Magnificent Butcher is 1 h 48 min long (108 minutes). If you start it at 8:00 pm it ends at 9:48 pm; add about 20 minutes if you watch trailers first.
- What is The Magnificent Butcher rated?
- TMDB lists no US age certification for The Magnificent Butcher.
- Is The Magnificent Butcher a good movie to watch with a group?
- Yes — a crowd movie. Action and Comedy hold a room: people can talk, laugh or scream over it and still follow what is going on.
- Where can I stream The Magnificent Butcher?
- As of 2026-11-08, TMDB lists no streaming option for it in the US. Availability changes often; this page loads the live list for your country (streaming availability by JustWatch).
Lists it could be on
- Action movies under 2 hours
- Movies from the 70s
- Movies for a group
- Date night movies
- The most-rated movies on TMDB
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