Chinese Midnight Express
Appearance
Chinese Midnight Express | |
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Directed by | Billy Tang |
Screenplay by | Candy Cheng Lee Siu-kei |
Story by | Lee Siu-kei |
Produced by | Lee Siu-kei |
Starring | Tony Leung Chiu-wai Pinky Cheung Ng Man-tat Ben Lam Ben Ng Elvis Tsui |
Cinematography | Tony Miu |
Edited by | Robert Choi |
Music by | Lincoln Lo |
Production companies | Cameron Entertainment The Young Filmmakers |
Distributed by | Cameron Entertainment |
Release date | 15 November 1997 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$6,492,060 |
Chinese Midnight Express is a 1997 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Billy Tang. Set in the 1960s, the film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai as a righteous journalists who gets framed into prison after exposing the collusion between the corrupt police force and triads.
Cast
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Ching On
- Pinky Cheung as Jess
- Ng Man-tat as Brother Plane
- Ben Lam as Miu Yan-sing
- Ben Ng as Inspector Cheung Yiu-cho
- Elvis Tsui as Three Legs
- Lee Siu-kei as Brother Nam
- Frankie Ng as Brother Doggie
- John Ching as Brother Bill
- Raven Choi as Brother Wai
- Bowie Lau
- Sung Boon-chung as Lok
- Wan Yeung-ming as Inspector Wan Chi-ho
- Law Kar-ying as warden
- Lee Lik-chi as MP
- Peter Lai as Uncle Kin
- Wong Shu-tong as On's boss
- Lai Suen as On's mom
External links
Categories:
- Hong Kong films
- 1997 films
- 1990s crime drama films
- Hong Kong crime films
- Hong Kong drama films
- Prison films
- Triad films
- Cantonese-language films
- Films directed by Billy Tang
- Films about journalists
- Films about miscarriage of justice
- Films set in the 1960s
- Films set in Hong Kong
- Films shot in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong film stubs