On his way to a congress of kung fu masters, an initiate falls from a high cliff, only to be rescued by lovely Tien Lam (Anita Mui), who rides a huge crane. The rest of the movie features a battle between warring martial arts factions, an equally fierce rivalry between the two daughters of the Crane Master, the accidental empowerment of an unprincipled master after having eaten half of a secret scroll, a battle with an immense tortoise whose spleeny vapors save a group of poisoned swordsmen, lots of great aerial fights against nearly invincible villains, and the usual blood spurting from assorted mouths.
Unfortunately the movie The Magic Crane is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Benny Chan | Director |
| Production | Tsui Hark | Producer |
| Sound | Bon Wong | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Marco Mak Chi-Sin | Editor |
| Art | Ringo Cheung | Art Direction |
| Writing | Tsui Hark | Writer |
| Camera | Tom Lau Moon-Tong | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ko Chiu-Lam | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tony Miu Kin-Fai | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Chui Daat-Choh | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tsui Hark | Screenplay |
