Overview
Based on a true story, and recreated from the personal account of one of the robbers, the film follows an immigrant from mainland China in 1975 as he works with a team to plan to rob an armored car carrying seven million dollars from the Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on a true story
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Hoh Cheuk-WingWriter
- Bryan ChangWriter
- Charcoal TanWriter
- Ng See-YuenWriter
- Original title
- 正紅旗下
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 8, 1991
- Original language
- Cantonese
- Countries
- Hong Kong
Cast
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