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The Informer

The Informer

19806.01h 39m

Overview

Wang Chung plays the standard level-headed cop in charge of a rag-tag bunch of misfits and stereotypes (the coward, the playboy, etc.) who are after a drug runner. After their informant is killed, the team turns to a former Triad member (Danny Lee) to infiltrate the gang and bring the big boss down.

Directed by Wang Chung
Written by Wang Chung
Produced by Mona Fong Yat-Wah, Run Run Shaw
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Top Cast

Wang Chung

Wang Chung

Sergeant

Danny Lee Sau-Yin

Danny Lee Sau-Yin

Shiu

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Lam Shung-Ching

Kent Cheng Jak-Si

Kent Cheng Jak-Si

Detective Chang Bann

Kam Hing-Yin

Kam Hing-Yin

S

Shao-Hung Chan

John Ladalski

John Ladalski

Ray Lui

Ray Lui

Detective Hua

Jamie Luk Kim-Ming

Jamie Luk Kim-Ming

Luk Ying-Hong

Luk Ying-Hong

About The Informer

The Informer is a action, crime, drama, thriller film released in 1980. Directed by Wang Chung, it stars Wang Chung, Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Lam Shung-Ching. Wang Chung plays the standard level-headed cop in charge of a rag-tag bunch of misfits and stereotypes (the coward, the playboy, etc.) who are after a drug runner. After their informant is killed, the team turns to a former Triad member (Danny Lee) to infiltrate the gang and bring the big boss down.

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