To Be Number One (film)

To Be Number One
Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese跛豪
Simplified Chinese跛豪
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBǒ háo
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingBai1 Hou4
Directed byPoon Man-kit
Screenplay byStephen Shiu
Johnny Mak
Story byChan Wa
Lee Ying-kit
Produced byStephen Shiu
StarringRay Lui
Lawrence Ng
Waise Lee
Kent Cheng
Cecilia Yip
Amy Yip
Kenneth Tsang
Elvis Tsui
CinematographyPeter Pau (H.K.S.C)
Edited byPoon Hung
Music byJoseph Chan
Production
companies
Golden Harvest
Johnny Mak Production Co. Ltd
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 5 April 1991 (1991-04-05)
Running time
143 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$38,703,363

To Be Number One (Chinese: 跛豪) is a 1991 Hong Kong gangster film directed by Poon Man-kit, and produced by Stephen Shiu. The film is based on the rise and fall of a real-life gangster Ng Sik-ho, who is portrayed in the film by Ray Lui. To Be Number One was a critical and box office success, grossing HK$38,703,363 at the Hong Kong box office and winning the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2017, the film was remade as Chasing the Dragon.