Chinese Midnight Express

Chinese Midnight Express — Plot

The setting is 1960s Hong Kong, and righteous reporter Ching On (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) publishes an article exposing corruption in the police force. Unfortunately, he's framed for drug distribution and confesses to the charges when the corrupt cops threaten his family. Forced to undergo the rigorous hazing rites of all new inmates, On struggles to regain hope and rise above his situation. Meanwhile, On's loyal girlfriend (Pinky Cheung Man-Chi) is terrorized by the cops who put him away, and On faces new challenges, and even finds new allies, while stuck in prison.

• Release date
• November 15, 1997
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Director
• Billy Tang

Chinese Midnight Express — Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Ching On Richard Ng Man-Tat Plane

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Ben Lam Kwok-Bun Miu Yan Sing Ben Ng Ngai-Cheung Insp. Cheung Yiu Jo Pinky Cheung Man-Chi Jess Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong Three-Legs Lee Siu-Kay Brother Nan Frankie Ng Chi-Hung Brother Doggie