''Runaway Blues'' is a 1989

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directed by David Lai and starring

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and Kelvin Wong. Due to its amount of violence, the film was rated Category III by the

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Plot

Southern

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ese triad member Lam Kong (

) flees to

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after killing another triad leader (

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) in a motorcycle race. He hides in the house of triad leader Nip Ching's (Chan King-cheung) mistress Sue (Shirley Lui), who is also the lover of Nip's underling Chiu Kwai (Sunny Fong). Nip thinks highly of Kong due to his hard work and living up his demand to assist Chui Kwai in trading. Detective Ronny Cambridge (Robert Zajac) has been investigating Nip and Chiu's illegal activities and after his informant was recently killed, he blackmails Kong to be his new informant. Kong becomes pressured and Sue comforts him and gives him encouragements. As they spend time together, Kong and Sue gradually fall in love with each other. During a deal of Rolex watches between Chiu and mainland

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triad Wah (Kelvin Wong), the goods suddenly disappear and Wah suspects Kong has stolen them. Being persecuted by Wah, Kong flees to

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, before finally heading to

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and plans to bring Sue with him back to Taiwan.

Cast

as Lam Kong *Shirley Lui as Sue Shek *Ngok Ling as Kong's girlfriend from Taiwan *Sunny Fong as Chiu Kwai *

as Rival triad *Kelvin Wong as Wah * as Nip Ching's wife *Chan King-cheung as Nip Ching *Robert Zajac as Ronny Cambridge *Cheung Sai *Ng Ping-nam *Chu Tai *So Lai-chu *Hon San

Theme song

*"Do I Really Have Nothing Left" (是否我真的一無所有) **Composer: Chen Chih-yuan **Lyricist: Fred Chen **Singer:

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Box office

The film grossed HK$5,661,927 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 3 to 15 March 1989 in

External links

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*{{IMDb title, 0097741 1989 films 1989 martial arts films 1989 action films 1980s gang films Hong Kong action films Hong Kong martial arts films Hong Kong gangster films Triad films 1980s Cantonese-language films Films set in Hong Kong Films set in Taiwan Films set in Guangzhou Films set in Macau Films shot in Hong Kong Films shot in China Films shot in Taiwan Films shot in Macau 1980s Hong Kong films

Plot

Cast

Theme song

Box office

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