Long_Arm_of_the_Law_(film)

<i>Long Arm of the Law</i> (film)

Long Arm of the Law (film)

1984 Hong Kong film

Long Arm of the Law (省港旗兵, lit. "Red Guards in Guangzhou and Hong Kong") is a 1984 Hong Kong film directed by Johnny Mak Tong-hung.[1][2][3]

Quick Facts Long Arm of the Law, Chinese name ...

The film was followed by three sequels: Long Arm of the Law II (1987), Long Arm of the Law III (1989) and Long Arm of the Law IV: Underground Express (1990) .

Plot

Cast

  • Chen Jing
  • Kong Lung
  • Ben Lam Kwok Bun
  • David Lam Wai
  • Ng Hoi Tin
  • Shum Wai
  • Wong Kin
  • Wong Yan Tat
  • Yeung Min
  • Tommy Wong Kwong Leung - cameo
  • Charles Rhys Rowlands

Awards

4th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards (1985):

Long Arm of the Law was ranked #6 on the list of Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures during the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony on 27 March 2005.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Browne, Nick (1994). New Chinese Cinemas: Forms, Identities, Politics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 169–187. ISBN 978-0-521-44877-2.
  2. [2]
    Marchetti, Gina (1 April 2007). Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs - The Trilogy: Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-962-209-801-5.
  3. [3]
    Fang, Karen (2017). Arresting cinema : surveillance in Hong Kong film. Stanford, California. pp. 69–81. ISBN 978-1-5036-0075-1. OCLC 958141489.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


Stub icon

This article related to a Hong Kong film of the 1980s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This 1980s crime film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Long_Arm_of_the_Law_(film), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.