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Hired Guns

Hired Guns

19811h 29m

Overview

A gung-ho detective leads a team of renegade cops to fight triad criminals. His persistence proves deadly when the gangsters set out to kill his family.

Directed by Chung Gwok-Yan
Written by Lau Kwok-Wai, Dik-Hang Tin
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Top Cast

Phillip Ko Fai

Phillip Ko Fai

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Mei-Bo Chiu

John Cheung Ng-Long

John Cheung Ng-Long

Sherman Chou Shao-Tung

Sherman Chou Shao-Tung

Wong San

Wong San

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Tommy Chung Siu-Tong

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Johnny Cheung Wa

About Hired Guns

Hired Guns is a action, adventure, crime, thriller film released in 1981. Directed by Chung Gwok-Yan, it stars Phillip Ko Fai, Mei-Bo Chiu, John Cheung Ng-Long. A gung-ho detective leads a team of renegade cops to fight triad criminals. His persistence proves deadly when the gangsters set out to kill his family.

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