“They wanted her dead. They should've known better”
Cindy, an American FBI agent, travels to Hong Kong to investigate a newspaper editor, Ronny Dak, who is suspected of printing counterfeit money using the newspaper’s presses. The American teams up with a rival reporter and her friend Yu, an undercover law enforcer. Cindy’s investigation takes a sharp turn, however, when Yu’s father, the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, is kidnapped.
Cynthia Rothrock
Cindy
Elizabeth Lee Mei-Fung
Judy Yu
Chin Siu-Ho
Undercover Officer
Mang Hoi
Shorty
Ronny Yu
Boss Huang Te
Melvin Wong Gam-Sam
Superintendent Melvin Wong
Wu Ma
Shorty's Dad
Tai Bo
Turbo
Roy Chiao
Prosecutor Yu
Miu Fung-Yee
Ms. Miao
Lady Reporter is a action, comedy, crime film released in 1989 exploring themes of women fighters, female reporter. Directed by Mang Hoi, it stars Cynthia Rothrock, Elizabeth Lee Mei-Fung, Chin Siu-Ho. Cindy, an American FBI agent, travels to Hong Kong to investigate a newspaper editor, Ronny Dak, who is suspected of printing counterfeit money using the newspaper’s presses. The American teams up with a rival reporter and her friend Yu, an undercover law enforcer. Cindy’s investigation takes a sharp turn, however, when Yu’s father, the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, is kidnapped.
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