Chinese Midnight Express

Chinese Midnight Express is a 1997 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Billy Tang. Set in the 1960s, the film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai as a righteous journalists who gets framed and jailed after exposing the collusion between the corrupt police force and triads.

Chinese Midnight Express
DVD cover
Traditional Chinese	黑獄斷腸歌之砌生豬肉
Simplified Chinese	黑狱断肠歌之砌生猪肉
Hanyu Pinyin	Hēi Yù Duàn Cháng Gē Zhī Qì Shēng Zhū Ròu
Jyutping	Hak1 Jeok6 Dyun6 Ceong4 Go1 Zi1 Cai3 Saang1 Zyu1 Jeok6
Directed by	Billy Tang
Screenplay by	Candy Cheng Lee Siu-kei
Story by	Lee Siu-kei
Produced by	Lee Siu-kei
Starring	Tony Leung Chiu-wai Pinky Cheung Ng Man-tat Ben Lam Ben Ng Elvis Tsui
Cinematography	Tony Miu
Edited by	Robert Choi
Music by	Lincoln Lo
Production companies	Cameron Entertainment The Young Filmmakers
Distributed by	Cameron Entertainment
Release date	15 November 1997 (1997-11-15)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$6,492,060

Cast

• Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Ching On
• Pinky Cheung as Jess
• Ng Man-tat as Brother Plane
• Ben Lam as Miu Yan-sing
• Ben Ng as Inspector Cheung Yiu-cho
• Elvis Tsui as Three Legs
• Lee Siu-kei as Brother Nam
• Frankie Ng as Brother Doggie
• John Ching as Brother Bill
• Raven Choi as Brother Wai
• Bowie Lau
• Sung Boon-chung as Lok
• Wan Yeung-ming as Inspector Wan Chi-ho
• Law Kar-ying as warden
• Lee Lik-chi as MP
• Peter Lai as Uncle Kin
• Wong Shu-tong as On's boss
• Lai Suen as On's mom

External links

• Chinese Midnight Express at IMDb