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The Singing Killer

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Original title

Xiao sha xing (The Singing Killer)

Year

1970

Running time

105 min.

Country

Hong Kong

Director

Chang Cheh

Screenwriter

Chiu Kang-Chien, Ni Kuang

Cast

Music

Frankie Chan, Wang Fu-Ling

Cinematography

Mu-To Kung

Producer

Shaw Brothers

Genre

Action. Musical | Cop Movies. Martial Arts

Synopsis

David Chiang plays Johnny, a reformed criminal turned pop headliner at a hip club in Hong Kong. His past isn't exactly common knowledge, but it seems to have inspired some of his biggest hits. "I may be small, but I can kill," he croons in the opening number. Somehow, he doesn't seem so menacing amid a swirl of choreographed dancers and disco lights ... Johnny sure means to keep his nose clean. His former pursuits have cost him the love of his life, who has disappeared. He's got a great job, and he seems to make plenty of legitimate money for himself and the club owner. But his erstwhile colleagues pop out of the gutter just long enough to imperil Johnny's whole deal. And it turns out that the club owner doesn't take such a fatherly and benevolent interest in Johnny's well-being, either. One more big job is what his ex-friends want from Johnny, and they won't even shy away from blackmail to get him to do it. Fortunately, a cop who knows the old Johnny and the new Johnny doesn't give ...

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User history

The Singing Killer

1970

Chang Cheh

Island (S)

1973

Fyodor Khitruk

6.4

(223)

Dismal

2007

Ray Brown