Follow the Star

Follow the Star
Follow the Star
	Film poster
Traditional Chinese	大煞星與小妹頭
Hanyu Pinyin	dà shā xīng yǔ xiǎo mèi tóu
Jyutping	daai6 saat3 seng1 jyu4 siu2 mui6 tau4
Directed by	John Woo
Produced by	Raymond Chow
Music by	Frankie Chan
Production; company	Golden Harvest
Release date	2 April 1978;
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

Follow the Star is a 1978 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by John Woo and starring Rowena Cortes.^[2]

Plot

Miss Chen (Rowena Cortes) is a rich pop singer, and her father (John Woo) is a former criminal. On his last job before retiring, he keeps the crew's haul all for himself, and goes into hiding. One day while getting her car repaired by mechanic Ah Sing (Roy Chiao), Miss Chen is kidnapped by her father's former partners, who demand a ransom.

Cast

Rowena Cortes as Miss Chen
John Woo as Miss Chen's father
Roy Chiao as Ah Sing

References

^ "大煞星与小妹头大煞星與小妹頭 (1978)". Douban. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
^ Woo, John (4 February 1978), Da sha xing yu xiao mei tou (Action, Comedy), Roy Chiao, Chi-Shen Chung, Rowena Cortes, Golden Harvest Company, retrieved 21 March 2024

External links

Follow the Star at IMDb
Follow the Star at Rotten Tomatoes
Follow the Star at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

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[1] "大煞星与小妹头大煞星與小妹頭 (1978)". Douban. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

[2] Woo, John (4 February 1978), Da sha xing yu xiao mei tou (Action, Comedy), Roy Chiao, Chi-Shen Chung, Rowena Cortes, Golden Harvest Company, retrieved 21 March 2024

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