Police Woman (film)
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Police Woman (aka, Rumble in Hong Kong, Police Woman Against Jackie Chan, Young Tiger, Ru jing cha, Nui ging chaat) is a 1973 Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong
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 detective film
Crime film
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 directed by Tsu Hdeng. It is one of only two films in which Chan portrays a bad guy
Antagonist
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 (the other being Killer Meteors
Killer Meteors
Killer Meteors, is a Kung Fu 1976 Hong Kong action film, directed by Jimmy Wang Yu and Lo Wei. The movie is really not a Jackie Chan movie but it was marketed as one so more people would see it. Jackie plays the villain in this film, similar to the movie Police Woman...

).

The film was released several times under different names, marketed as a Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

 film, with his image on the cover of the videos and DVDs in an attempt to cash in on the rising star. However, his role can only be considered a cameo appearance, although he was also the film's stunt co-ordinator and fight director. After the success of Chan's 1996 film Rumble in the Bronx
Rumble in the Bronx
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, Police Woman was re-released with the title Rumble in Hong Kong. The most recent re-release is called Young Tiger (2002) and again, features Jackie Chan on the cover.

The star of the film, the Police Woman of the (original) title, is Yuen Qiu
Yuen Qiu
Yuen Qiu is an actress and martial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at China Drama Academy.Yuen Qiu worked as a stunt woman and as a night club performer...

 (who later played the landlady in Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow
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's film Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Hustle
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). Chan appears very briefly in the film, with a comedic fake mole on his face, a not uncommon characteristic of bad guys in Hong Kong films. Chan's character is one of a group of bodyguards to a crime boss who has taken a woman hostage. Yuen Qiu's character fights and suppresses the gang (including Chan), allowing the hostage to escape.

Cast

  • Yuen Qiu
    Yuen Qiu
    Yuen Qiu is an actress and martial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at China Drama Academy.Yuen Qiu worked as a stunt woman and as a night club performer...

     - Police Woman Ho (as Lin Chiu)
  • Charlie Chin
    Charlie Chin
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     - Cab Driver Chin Chen
  • Jackie Chan
    Jackie Chan
    Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

     - Mole Face Gang Leader (as Jacky Chan)
  • Chin Hu - Ho Mei Fong
  • Zhu Mu - Cab Bomb Victim
  • Ngai Fung - Inspector Fung (as Fung Yi)
  • Helena Law
    Law Lan
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     - Taxi Dispatcher
  • Ho Gwong-Ming - Thug
  • Stephan Yip - Thug (as Yeh Tien-hsing)
  • Wen Tai Li
  • Betty Pei Ti
  • Chiang Nan
    Chiang Nan
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  • Shen Wang
  • Kao Chiang
  • Chan Keung
  • Chun-chao Wei
  • Michelle Yim
    Michelle Yim
    Michelle Yim Wai-ling , also known by her Chinese stage name Mai Suet , is a Hong Kong actress. She graduated from St Rose of Lima College and Shaw Brothers' Training School.-Early life and career:...

  • Chen-Xiao-Wu
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