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📜 Overview: Just married Hong Kong couple Chen & Lily emigrate to England, soon to become parents to a little baby boy and generally struggle through life. Chen works long days in a restaurant, while Lily does the housekeeping, daydreaming of setting up their own business, much to Chen's chagrin. When Chen lets his colleague Fok seduce him down a path of mounting gambling debts, he is recruited as a drug courier for a shadowy Chinese triad. Suddenly he realizes that getting their own enterprise could be their only means of escape.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1988-05-15
⌚ Running Time: 110 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.3

Beloved Cast

Sylvia Chang original image
Lily
Sylvia Chang
Danny Dun original image
Chen
Danny Dun
Jodi Long original image
Mui
Jodi Long
Speedy Choo original image
Man Kee
Speedy Choo
Han Tan original image
Grandpa
Han Tan
Soon-Tek Oh original image
Red Cudgel
Soon-Tek Oh
William Chow original image
White Paper Fan
William Chow
King Shih-Chieh original image
Night Brother
King Shih-Chieh
David K.S. Tse original image
Fok
David K.S. Tse
Jim Carter original image
Mr. Constantinides
Jim Carter
Philip Tan original image
Jackie Fung
Philip Tan
Eddie Yeoh original image
Iron Plank
Eddie Yeoh
Fung Lam original image
Mrs Law
Fung Lam
Chua Kah Joo original image
Lo
Chua Kah Joo
Nigel Fan original image
Red Cudgel Fighter
Nigel Fan
Ron Flanagan original image
Removal Man
Ron Flanagan
Mark Monero original image
Removal Man
Mark Monero
David Forman original image
14K Member
David Forman
Tom Wu original image
14K Member
Tom Wu
Lex van Delden original image
Belgian Lorry Driver
Lex van Delden
Mary Ten-Pow original image
Ah Jik
Mary Ten-Pow
Kim Teoh original image
Waiter in Restaurant
Kim Teoh
Robert Burbage original image
Man in Restaurant
Robert Burbage
Lucy Hancock original image
Girl in Restaurant
Lucy Hancock
Ozzie Yue original image
Businessman
Ozzie Yue
Craig Fairbrass original image
Lorry Driver
Craig Fairbrass
Leesa Williams original image
12 Year Old Girl
Leesa Williams
Gary Gordon original image
West Indian Boy
Gary Gordon
Sarah James original image
West Indian Boy's Sister
Sarah James
Ng Man Biu original image
Tang
Ng Man Biu
Ho Kam original image
Go Between
Ho Kam
May Lan Tan original image
Bridesmaid
May Lan Tan
Chindy Lau original image
Bridesmaid
Chindy Lau
Bowie Lam original image
Best Man
Bowie Lam
Man Sau original image
Chen's Mother
Man Sau

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