| The Stool Pigeon | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Stool_Pigeon_poster.jpg) Chinese film poster for The Stool Pigeon | |
| Directed by | Dante Lam |
| Written by | Jack Ng |
| Story by | Dante Lam |
| Produced by | Albert Lee Wang Zhonglei Cheung Hong-tat |
| Starring | Nicholas Tse Nick Cheung Gwei Lun-mei Liu Kai-chi Miao Pu Lu Yi |
| Cinematography | Kenny Tse |
| Edited by | Chan Ki-hop Matthew Hui |
| Music by | Henry Lai Wan-man |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Emperor Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Countries | Hong Kong China[1] |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | US$10 million[2] |
The Stool Pigeon (simplified Chinese: 线人; traditional Chinese: 綫人; pinyin: Xiàn Rén; Jyutping: Sin3 Jan4) is a 2010 Hong Kong-Chinese action thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung and Gwei Lun-mei. The film is about police detective, Don Lee (Cheung), who uses informants to gain information about gangsters. Lee begins to feel guilty when his informants are caught, but sends out a street racer named Ghost (Tse) as an informant to gain information about a gangster name Barbarian (Lu Yi).
The film was released in China on August 24 and two days later in Hong Kong. The film performed well in the Hong Kong box office, though it has received mixed reviews.
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