The Criminal Hunter
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Chu Yu (Eric Tsang) is a homicide detective who accidently stabs his girlfriend while wrestling with a murderer. The killer returns later and squeezes her wound until it ruptures, causing her death. But the wily Chu Yu photographs his girlfriend's corpse in a wedding dress, tricking the killer into believing she is not dead and causing him to return for a second try. When he does, Chu Yu is waiting, having rigged the corpse like a marionette and causing it to shoot its own murderer. Co-starring Danny Lee, as Officer Li Ta Hsiu, and Dick Wei in this decidedly offbeat attempt at gallows humor which works extremely well under the direction of action specialist Frankie Chan.
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Cast
36 people
Danny Lee Sau-yin
Officer Li Ta Hsiu
Known for
The Killer
The Untold Story
Eric Tsang Chi-wai
Chu Yu
Known for
Infernal Affairs
The Accidental Spy
Chan Fai-hung
Known for
Fallen Angels
You Shoot, I Shoot
Frankie Chan Fan-kei
Known for
The Prodigal Son
Nina Li Chi
Lina
Known for
Twin Dragons
Tiger on the Beat
Dick Wei
Kuo Ling Nan
Known for
Project A
The Seventh Curse
Joh Chung-Sing
Also in
Crazy Love
Yu Pui Tsuen II
Herman Kwan Hoi-san
Master Hou
Known for
Hard Boiled
Project A
Sau-Hong Wong
Shing Fui-On
Idiot
Known for
The Killer
Ebola Syndrome
David Lau Chi-Wing
Officer Hu Chih Yung
Known for
Police Story
Debbie Chui
Also in
Young Hearts High Hopes
Final Justice
Frankie Chan Fan-kei Director · Chan Fai-hung Writer Joh Chung-Sing Writer
First release May 19, 1988 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 龍虎智多星
Production
Lo Wei Motion Picture Company
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Languages
Original title
龍虎智多星
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · May 19, 1988
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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