The Saviour

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The Saviour

1980

1h 22m

5.8(5 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Drama

Overview

Inspectors Tong (Shaw Brothers regular Pai Ying) and Cheng (Kent Cheng) are investing a psychopathic serial killer who has been raping and murdering prostitutes. With the help of a young prostitute, they follow the bloody trail to...

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10 featured cast members

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Pai Ying

Inspector Tom

Gigi Wong

Ms. Leung

Kent Cheng Jak-Si

Nineteen

Tien Feng

Kwok Sing Fung

Lee Ka-Lai

Ng Man-Hung

Intro [guest star]

Mak Ho-Man

Lam Ying-Fat

Tom's Foster Son

Wallace Cheung Kwok-Chung

Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting

Creative team

Directed by: Ronny Yu
Written by: Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting
Produced by: Teddy Robin

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