The Cat (1992 film)

The Cat
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	衛斯理之老貓
Simplified Chinese	卫斯理之老猫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wèisīlǐ Zhī Lǎomāo Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wai⁶si¹lei² Zi¹ Lou²maau¹
Directed by	Lam Ngai Kai[1]
Screenplay by	Chan Hing-ka Gordon Chan
Based on	Old Cat by Ni Kuang
Produced by	Chua Lam Michael Lai
Starring	Waise Lee Christine Ng Gloria Yip
Cinematography	Mak Hoi-man
Edited by	Keung Chuen-tak Peter Cheung
Music by	Philip Chan
Production companies	Golden Harvest Paragon Films
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release date	22 October 1992 (1992-10-22)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$2,733,592

The Cat (衛斯理之老貓 Wèisīlǐ Zhī Lǎomāo, lit. "Wisely's Old Cat"), also known as The 1000 Years Cat, is a 1992 Hong Kong science-fiction action film directed by Lam Ngai Kai, based on the novel Old Cat, an installment of the Wisely Series, by Ni Kuang.^[2] Produced by Golden Harvest and Paragon Films, the film stars Waise Lee, Christine Ng, and Gloria Yip. Its plot follows a trio of extraterrestrials, one of whom has the form of a cat, who team up with a novelist named Wisely to fight a malevolent alien that can possess humans.