Movie
Once a Thief
Overview
Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates matters when the trio are double-crossed.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-02-02
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Golden Princess Film Productions, John Woo Film Production, Milestone Pictures
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Original language
- CN
Cast
- Chow Yun-Fat as Red Bean Puddin / Joe
- Leslie Cheung as James / Jim
- Cherie Chung Cho-Hung as Red Bean / Cherie
- Paul Chu Kong as Chu / Godfather
- Kenneth Tsang as Chow / Dad
- Woo Fung as Mr. Cheung
- Pierre Yves Burton as Mr. Burton
- John Tang Yat-Kwan as Young Red Bean Pudding / Young Joe
- Tong Ka-Fai as Young James / Young Jim
- Leila Tong as Young Red Bean / Young Cherie
- David Wu as Auctioneer
- John Woo as Stanley Wu
Crew
- John Woo - Director
- Clifton Ko Chi-Sum - Writer
- Janet Chun Siu-Chun - Writer
- John Woo - Screenplay
- John Woo - Story
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