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The Protector (1985) [R]

Release Date:
June 15, 1985

Original Title:
The Protector

Alternate Titles:
El Protector
El protector
O Protetor
Ochránce
威龍猛探
위룡맹탐
프로텍터

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Eurasia Investments
Golden Way Films Ltd.
Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Production Countries:
Hong Kong | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18  ES: 12  FR: TP  GB: 18  IE: 18  JP: G  US: R 

Runtime: 95

Now, New York has a new weapon - A cop with his own way of fighting crime.

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Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.

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Art Direction:
Dean Taucher
Oliver Wong Yui-Man

Casting:
Donna DeSeta

Costume Design:
Peggy Farrell
Sheng-Hsi Chu

Director:
James Glickenhaus

Director of Photography:
Mark Irwin
Cheung Yiu-Cho

Editor:
Evan A. Lottman
Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Barbara Minor

Executive Producer:
Raymond Chow

Hairstylist:
Julien Young

Makeup & Hair:
Carla White

Original Music Composer:
Ken Thorne

Producer:
David Chan
Leonard Ho

Production Design:
William De Seta

Stunts:
Brian Smrz

Writer:
James Glickenhaus
Edward Tang

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