Long Arm of the Law (film)

1984 Hong Kong film

Long Arm of the Law

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese| 省港旗兵
| Transcriptions

Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Saang Gong Kei Bing
Directed by| Johnny Mak
Written by| Philip Chan
Produced by| Sammo Hung
Johnny Mak
Cinematography| Johnny Koo Kwok Wah
Edited by| Peter Cheung Yiu Chung
Music by| Lam Miu Tak
Mahmood Rumajahn
Distributed by| Golden Harvest

Release date

* 11 July 1984 (1984-07-11)

Running time

| 100 minutes
Country| Hong Kong
Language| Cantonese

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

Five men try to enter Hong Kong surreptitiously, meeting their leader there, to rob a jewellery store. One is shot and killed by Chinese border guards. Police investigating another robbery attempt at the same store spot their car acting suspiciously while they are casing it and give chase, with the robbers only escaping by opening fire and stealing a taxi.

Before the robbery has taken place, they are employed by a local triad to kill someone. The target turns out to be a policeman and they have to carry out the robbery while hiding from the police searching for them.

There were 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

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## Cast

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* 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

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4th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards (1985):

* Won - Best Supporting Actor (Shum Wai)
* Won - Best Editing (Cheung Yiu-Chung)
* Nominated - Best Film
* Nominated - Best Director (Johnny Mak Tong-Hung)
* Nominated - Best Screenplay (Philip Chan Yan-Kin)
* Nominated - Best New Performer (Lin Wei)
* Nominated - Best Cinematography (Koo Kwok-Wah)
* Nominated - Best Action Choreography (Billy Chan Wui-Ngai)
* Nominated - Best Original Score (Lam Mo-Tak)

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

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* Kowloon Walled City

## References

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1. ^ Browne, Nick (1994). New Chinese Cinemas: Forms, Identities, Politics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 169–187\. ISBN 978-0-521-44877-2.
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. ^ 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)

## External links

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* IMDb entry
* HK cinemagic entry
* loveHKfilm entry

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Works by Sammo Hung

Films directed|

* The Iron-Fisted Monk (1977)
* Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
* Warriors Two (1978)
* Knockabout (1979)
* Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
* The Victim (1980)
* The Prodigal Son (1981)
* Carry On Pickpocket (1982)
* Winners and Sinners (1983)
* The Owl vs Bombo (1984)
* Wheels on Meals (1984)
* Heart of Dragon (1985)
* My Lucky Stars (1985)
* Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (1985)
* Millionaires Express (1986)
* Eastern Condors (1987)
* Dragons Forever (1988)
* Spooky, Spooky (1988)
* Pedicab Driver (1989)
* Pantyhose Hero (1990)
* Slickers vs. Killers (1991)
* Ghost Punting (1992)
* Moon Warriors (1992)
* Blade of Fury (1993)
* Don't Give a Damn (1995)
* Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
* Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
* The Bodyguard (2016)
* Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (segment "Exercise", 2020)

Films written|

* Hong Kong 1941 (1984)
* Lucky Stars Go Places (1986)

Films produced only|

* Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (1978)
* Pom Pom (1984)
* Long Arm of the Law (1984)
* The Return of Pom Pom (1984)
* Yes, Madam (1985)
* Mr. Boo Meets Pom Pom (1985)
* Mr. Vampire (1985)
* Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
* Mr. Vampire II (1986)
* Rosa (1986)
* Scared Stiff (1987)
* Sworn Brothers (1987)
* Mr. Vampire III (1987)
* On the Run (1988)
* Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch (1988)
* Mr. Vampire IV (1988)
* Licence to Steal (1990)
* She Shoots Straight (1990)
* The Scorpion King (1992)

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