Once a Thief

Once a Thief

Director: John Woo Cast: Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun-Fat
, Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung
, Cherie Chung
Cherie Chung
, Kenneth Tsang
Kenneth Tsang
John Woo
Once a Thief

Once a Thief

Director: John Woo Cast: Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun-Fat
, Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung
, Cherie Chung
Cherie Chung
, Kenneth Tsang
Kenneth Tsang
John Woo

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Overview

For this 1991 action comedy from Hong Kong, director John Woo took a break from his ultraviolent thrillers; it was made a year after Bullet in the Head, and a year before Hard-Boiled. Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, and Cherie Chung portray a trio of orphans who have grown to become art thieves. When their foster father (Kenneth Tsang), a powerful crime boss, forces them into stealing a painting, they pull off the job but are double-crossed. To get even, the trio plans a heist to steal the painting back. The three lead characters are funny and romantic; they're daring art thieves in the tradition of "The Cat" from To Catch a Thief or The Pink Panther, and the film evokes the same cosmopolitan feel. Once a Thief is far less bloody than Woo's gangster pictures, but in this film, the burglary sequences possess all the astounding grace of his other films' gunfights.

Product Details

Release Date: 05/17/2016
UPC: 0043396478176
Original Release: 1991
Rating: R
Source: ALLIED VAUGHN
Language: English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Chow Yun-Fat Joe
Leslie Cheung Jim,Actor
Cherie Chung Cherie
Kenneth Tsang Chow
Chu Kong Chu,Actor
Violet Lam Composer

Technical Credits
John Woo Director,Screenwriter
Terence Chang Producer
Linda Kuk Producer
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