Movie
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Overview
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-06-15
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Crime, Action, Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Golden Way Films Ltd., Paragon Films, Orange Sky Golden Harvest
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Original language
- CN
Cast
- Jackie Chan as Charlie Chen-Wah
- Anita Mui Yim-Fong as Yang Luming
- Gua Ah-leh as Lady Rose / Ms. Kao
- Richard Ng Yiu-Hon as Chief Inspector Ho
- Ko Chun-Hsiung as Tiger Lo
- Sunny Fang Kang as Boss Pai
- Bill Tung Biu as Conman Tung
- Tien Feng as Ku Hsin-chuan
- Ngai Jan as Mr. Ku's Son
- Gloria Yip Wan-Yee as Belle Kao
- Wu Ma as Uncle Hoi
- Billy Lau Nam-Kwong as Ah Tung
Crew
- Jackie Chan - Director
- Edward Tang - Screenplay
- Jackie Chan - Screenplay
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