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Tiger on the Beat

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Tiger on the Beat
Film poster
Traditional Chinese老虎出更
Simplified Chinese老虎出更
Hanyu PinyinLǎo Hǔ Chū Gèng
JyutpingLou5 Fu2 Ceot1 Gaang1
Directed byLau Kar-leung
Written byTsang Kwok-chi
Produced byTsang Kwok-chi
StarringChow Yun-fat
Nina Li Chi
Conan Lee
CinematographyChan Kwong-hung
Edited byWong Ming-lam
Music byTeddy Robin
Distributed byCinema City & Films Co.
Release date
  • 19 March 1988 (1988-03-19)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$27,865,158

Tiger on the Beat (老虎出更), also known as Tiger on Beat, is a 1988 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Lau Kar-leung, and written by Tsang Kwok-chi, who also produced. The film stars Chow Yun-fat and Conan Lee as a buddy cop team who originally hate each other, but learn to overcome their differences in solving a case.

Synopsis

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This action-comedy film in the style of Lethal Weapon is about a lazy police veteran Francis Li (Chow Yun-fat) and his eager rookie partner Michael Tso (Conan Lee). The pair of mismatched partners are assigned to investigate the murder of a heroin trafficker "Poison Snake" Ping (Phillip Ko) who was known to be associated with crime boss Johnny Law (Norman Chui).

The duo interrogate bar girl Marydonna (Nina Li Chi) who is the sister of "Poison Snake" Ping, one of Law's associates. Marydonna eventually caves to the intense pressure and fingers Law. Though the criminal soon winds up in jail and Li gets his long overdue promotion, Law is all out for revenge.[1][2]

Cast

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Sequel

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The film was followed by a sequel in 1990, Tiger on the Beat 2. The film starred Danny Lee, and Conan Lee reprised his role but Chow Yun-fat did not.

References

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  1. ^ "Tiger on Beat". Fandango. Retrieved 3 July 2016
  2. ^ "Tiger on Beat (1988)". IMDb. Retrieved 3 July 2016
  3. ^ "Cast&Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 3 July 2016
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