 The international title of this film was "Fist of Fury". In the  United States the English dubbed version was released under the  title "The Chinese Connection" to avoid confusion with "Fists of  Fury", the title for the U.S. release of Bruce Lees previous film  _Tang shan da xiong (1971)_ (qv). The U.S. title was a play on the  title of the highly popular film  _French Connection, The (1971)_ (qv).