mi-sex film can make money' in an industry that only really became prosperous in the 1970s following the success of Bruce Lee when it joined the ranks as 'one of the five most productive celluloid dream industries in creation.' In the Sixties, the average film product of the Hong Kong industry cost $100,000 to make, a tenth of the cost of an average Hollywood feature at the time. Most of the films were shot without sound, the actors simply had to move their mouths on cue, then they were dubbed into whichever language was required, usually Mandarin Chinese, 'just as the Italians have been doing with their spaghetti westerns for years.'
             Scriptwriters who sold the film studios original ideas received around $1,800 for a script, while directors earned the same per film. The biggest stars, until Bruce Lee came along, got less than $3000 a film and were often bound by contracts that didn't allow script approval or choice of directors. While low-key actors got starring roles in dozens of films a year, stud
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