The 1980s
During the 1980s, Clouse directed a TV movie entitled The Kids Who Knew Too Much (1980) (based on one of the episodes he directed for the TV show, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color) and decided to take a chance with a rising young star from Asia named Jackie Chan for The Big Brawl (1980) (director and screenwriter), which Chan stated was a failure because he didn't get a chance to direct the action scenes the way he wanted to.
Clouse also directed in the 80s Force: Five (1981) (which he also wrote), starring Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Lewis, Grandmaster Bong Soo Han (the "Father of Hapkido"), Richard Norton, Sonny Barnes and Amanda Wyss. He followed that film with Deadly Eyes (1982) and also directed an episode of the 80s ninja TV show The Master - starring Lee van Cleef, Sho Kosugi and Timothy Van Patten - entitled "Max" (1984). Clouse's last film of the 80s was the gymnastics/martial arts cult classic Gymkata (1985).
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