Once a Thief(Movie, 1991)

Name: Once a Thief
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime
Released: 1991
Duration: T01:43:00
Rating: 3.4

Original title: "縱橫四海" (Chinese (Cantonese)/CN)

1h 43min | Genres: Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 56 votes)

Once a Thief (Chinese: 縱橫四海; Literal Title: Criss-Cross Over Four Seas) is a 1991 Hong Kong heist comedy film directed by John Woo, who also wrote the screenplay with Janet Chun and Clifton Ko. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Kenneth Tsang and Paul Chu. The film was released on 2 February 1991, before the lucrative Chinese Lunar New Year holiday season. ()

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About Once a Thief

Three art thieves try to re-steal a painting after their crime boss double-crosses them.

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Additional Information

Production country: Hong Kong

Shot in: Vancouver

Plays in: Paris

Made by: Milestone Productions, Golden Princess Film Production Limited, John Woo Film Production

Original language: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN)

Spoken languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), German (DE), French (FR)

Translated into 17 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Burmese (MY), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 02/02/1991

Cast: Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, Bowie Wu

Director: John Woo

Producer: Terence Chang

Screenwriter: John Woo, Clifton Ko

Film Editor: David Wu

Composer: Lam Manyee

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Reto a la ley"

"Rajadas de Fogo"

"Killer Target"

"Un ladrón es siempre un ladrón"

"Kerran varas, aina varas"

"Les associés"

"縱橫四海"

"Zong heng si hai"

Revenue: 4,303,351 USD

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