
Top Cast

Simon Yam

Katherine Lau Ying-Hung
Shao-Hung Chan

Chang Pei-Shan

Gam Biu

Ho Pak-Kwong

Tien Feng
Kwan Lai Yee
Shan Kwan
Chin-Lai Sung
About The Informer
The Informer is a crime, thriller film released in 1981. Directed by Lam Yee Hung, it stars Simon Yam, Katherine Lau Ying-Hung, Shao-Hung Chan. Hong Kong crime/thriller movie directed by Yee-Hung Lam.
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