''Danger Has Two Faces'' is a 1985 Hong Kong action film directed by Alex Cheung and starring

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, Paul Chu and

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. The film is produced and distributed by

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Plot

Many years ago, Inspector Kam Chi-kin or Ah-kam (

) killed an innocent man and decided to resign from the police force. He then became a professional killer, paid by Uncle Hung (Che Hung), and disguises as a pet store owner in order to earn money to raise his son. His best friend, Bobby Chow Fuk-cheung (

) recently returned from UK and works under Superintendent Lau Cheuk-aang (Paul Chu). Chow has been investigating recent murder cases that were done by Ah Kam. Later, as one of his colleague Sam (

Kirk Wong Kirk Wong (黃志強; born March 28, 1949) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. Wong is best known for action films '' Crime Story'' and ''The Big Hit''. Wong's other films like '' Health Warning'', '' Organized Crime & Triad Bureau'', and '' ...

) is murdered, Chow discovered the mastermind behind these cases were actually Superintendent Lau. Lau then murders one of his subordinate Man (Cheung Ming-man), mistaken him to have discovered his identity. Later, Uncle Hung takes Kam's son hostage and orders him to kill Chow. Kam later disguises Chow's murder and they both confront Lau, Hung, the gang and two police officers Wai (Chan Chik-wai) and Chicken Blood.

Cast

as Kam Chi-kin *Paul Chu as Superintendent Lau Cheuk-sang *Carroll Gordon as Jenny *Liu Lai-ling as Ling *

as Inspector Bobby Chow Fuk-cheung *

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as Man *

as Sergeant Sam Leung *

Pamela Peck Pamela Peck Wan-kam (, born on September 1, 1944) was a Hong Kong radio agony aunt and celebrity and is a former member of Wan Chai District Council. Since 1989 she has been the partner of 'celebrity' lawyer and legislator Paul Tse. Early lif ...

as pet store customer *Lam Fai-wong as robber *Cheng Kei-ying as robber *

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as man impersonating cop *Paul Che as armoured car driver *Pak Sha-lik as man shot by Kam (flashback) *Chan Chik-wai as Wai *Leung Siu-wah as robber *Wong Kim-fung as robber who fights with Bobby *Kam Piu as man outside hotel *

Fung Ging Man Fung Ging-man (), (22 January 1912 – 9 November 1997) sometimes credited as Ging-man Fung and Fung King-Man, was a Cantonese Hong Kong actor, script supervisor, production manager and director. He acted in over 300 films, and he also played a ...

as man meeting Sergeant Sam *Kei Ho-chiu as robber *Tam Tin-nam as tall man at bus stop *Yuen Ling-to as armoured car guard *Hon Kong as man at police station *Ko Hung as bodyguard *Amy Au as wife of man shot by Kam *Che Hung as Uncle Hung *Fung Ming as man meeting Sergeant Sam *Cheung Kwok-wah as truck driver

Box office

This film grossed

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4,128,000 during its theatrical run from 31 May to 13 June 1985 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

References

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