Chinese Midnight Express

Chinese Midnight Express is a 1997 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Billy Tang. Set in the 1960s, the film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai as a righteous journalists who gets framed and jailed after exposing the collusion between the corrupt police force and triads.

Chinese Midnight Express
DVD cover
Traditional Chinese黑獄斷腸歌之砌生豬肉
Simplified Chinese黑狱断肠歌之砌生猪肉
Hanyu PinyinHēi Yù Duàn Cháng Gē Zhī Qì Shēng Zhū Ròu
JyutpingHak1 Jeok6 Dyun6 Ceong4 Go1 Zi1 Cai3 Saang1 Zyu1 Jeok6
Directed byBilly Tang
Screenplay byCandy Cheng
Lee Siu-kei
Story byLee Siu-kei
Produced byLee Siu-kei
StarringTony Leung Chiu-wai
Pinky Cheung
Ng Man-tat
Ben Lam
Ben Ng
Elvis Tsui
CinematographyTony Miu
Edited byRobert Choi
Music byLincoln Lo
Production
companies
Cameron Entertainment
The Young Filmmakers
Distributed byCameron Entertainment
Release date
  • 15 November 1997 (1997-11-15)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$6,492,060

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