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Bruce Lee’s 'Game of Death' was completed posthumously using stand-ins — legacy stitched together.

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Lee died in 1973 with the project unfinished, and the final 1978 release used doubles and edited footage to complete the movie. It’s a well-known example of how studios patch productions together when a lead actor is suddenly unavailable.

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