# Finding a movie I watched in the 80s

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**Created:** [July 3, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/finding-a-movie-i-watched-in-the-80s/9413 "2025-07-03T17:26:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/finding-a-movie-i-watched-in-the-80s/9413/1 "2025-07-03T17:26:04Z")

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Hopefully someone can help me find a film I watched as a kid in the 80’s  
It featured a strange mysterious man who was tall with blonde hair, who was looking for a orb like artefact if I’m correct in remembering.  
He killed a couple of people in this film one was an archaeologist which dyed with fire and flames from his hand/s i think this part was in a desert , and what I remember of the ending of the film took place inside a frozen mountain where the strange alien man used the orb to power his spacecraft which was like a dragon that broke free from the frozen landscape and flew off …….

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**Author:** ![casspir](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@casspir](https://filmfind.me/u/casspir)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/finding-a-movie-i-watched-in-the-80s/9413/2 "2025-07-03T17:30:26Z")

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“The Legend of Wisely” (1987), also known as “The Legend of the Golden Pearl”, its original Chinese title is “Wai Si-Lei chuen kei”

Detailed plot summary on Wikipedia below, quotes from the below Wikipedia plot:  
“The group insists that Howard return the pearl to the monks, but Howard clarified that **the pearl is a solar pilot device that will reactivate his ship** ; the trio realizes **Howard is not human.** ”  
“In the final clash on a **glacier** , the key is on top of **unstable ice.** ”  
“As the ship launches, Wisely and his friends escape the collapsing **cavern**. As the **ship emerges from the mountain** , it creates a massive cloud to cover itself as it prepares to exit Earth. As Wisely and his friends watch above, **the ship takes a shadowy resemblance of the legendary Chinese Dragon** and leaves the planet, understanding the alien truth behind the legend.”

> **[The Legend of Wisely](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Wisely)**
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> The Legend of Wisely (Chinese: 衛斯理傳奇 or 衞斯理傳奇; released in the Philippines as Fighters of the Empire) is a 1987 Hong Kong fantasy adventure film directed by Teddy Robin based on Ni Kuang's novel series, Wisely Series, starring Samuel Hui as the titular protagonist. The film co-stars Ti Lung, Joey Wong and Robin.
> Decades ago, an alien (later Howard Hope) crash-landed on Earth, losing his ship's master key. Monks in Nepal found the key, revering it as the sacred "Dragon Pearl." Howard integrate...

Its IMDb page:

> **[The Legend of Wisely (1987) ⭐ 6.0 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090302/)**
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> 1h 30m

You can watch the full movie below, at the end of the movie you can see the ship emerging from the ice cave:

> **[Vệ Tư Lý Truyền Kì - The Legend of Wisely 1987](https://m.ok.ru/video/1114513148584)**
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> Vệ Tư Lý Truyền Kì - The Legend of Wisely 1987

And here is a trailer to the movie on YouTube:

[![](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c8db0ad5552fceafa2cf9aa99ec0302472cc5aaf.jpeg "The Legend of Wisely (1987) - Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=445ltMU3OhQ)