Tiger on the Beat

Tiger on the Beat
Tiger on the Beat
	Film poster
Traditional Chinese	老虎出更
Simplified Chinese	老虎出更
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǎo Hǔ Chū Gèng
Jyutping	Lou5 Fu2 Ceot1 Gaang1
Directed by	Lau Kar-leung
Written by	Tsang Kwok-chi
Produced by	Tsang Kwok-chi
Starring	Chow Yun-fat; Nina Li Chi; Conan Lee
Cinematography	Chan Kwong-hung
Edited by	Wong Ming-lam
Music by	Teddy Robin
Distributed by	Cinema City & Films Co.
Release date	19 March 1988;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$27,865,158

Tiger on the Beat (老虎出更), also known as Tiger on Beat, is a 1988 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Lau Kar-leung, and written by Tsang Kwok-chi, who also produced. The film stars Chow Yun-fat and Conan Lee as a buddy cop team who originally hate each other, but learn to overcome their differences in solving a case.

Synopsis

This action-comedy film in the style of Lethal Weapon is about a lazy police veteran Francis Li (Chow Yun-fat) and his eager rookie partner Michael Tso (Conan Lee). The pair of mismatched partners are assigned to investigate the murder of a heroin trafficker "Poison Snake" Ping (Phillip Ko) who was known to be associated with crime boss Johnny Law (Norman Chui).

The duo interrogate bar girl Marydonna (Nina Li Chi) who is the sister of "Poison Snake" Ping, one of Law's associates. Marydonna eventually caves to the intense pressure and fingers Law. Though the criminal soon winds up in jail and Li gets his long overdue promotion, Law is all out for revenge.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Chow Yun-fat as Francis Li
Nina Li Chi as Marydonna (credited as Li Chi)
Conan Lee as Michael Tso
Gordon Liu as Fai, the Hitman
Philip Ko as Heroin dealer (credited as Ko Fai)
Shing Fui-On as Dummy (credited as Shing Fui Ann)
Ti Lung as Loong
David Chiang as Police Superintendent (credited as John Keung)
James Wong as Police Inspector Jim Pak
Lydia Shum as department store staff (credited as Sun Tin Ha)
Lau Kar-wing as Sour Puss
Shirley Ng as Mimi, Francis' sister
Norman Chui as Mr. Law (credited as Tsui Shui Keung)
Chan Chi-shing as Shing
Joe Bryan Baker as Boss^[3]

Sequel

The film was followed by a sequel in 1990, Tiger on the Beat 2. The film starred Danny Lee, and Conan Lee reprised his role but Chow Yun-fat did not.