Police Story

Name: Police Story
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Comedy
Released: 1985-12-14
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung, Chor Yuen

From the master of action comes more screen excitement than you've ever seen.

警察故事 (1985)

Timing: 1:39 (99 min)

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Release date

1985-12-14

Country

Hong Kong, China

Production

Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Paragon Films Ltd., Golden Way Films Ltd.

Genre

Action, Crime, Thriller, Comedy

Budget

Revenue

$18 724 000

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Director

Jackie Chan

Actors

Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung, Chor Yuen, Charlie Cho, Lam Kwok-Hung, Kam Hing-Yin, Mars, Kent Tong
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Scenario

Jackie Chan, Edward Tang

Producer

Leonard Ho, Raymond Chow Man-Wai

Operator

Cheung Yiu-Cho

Composer

Michael Lai Siu-Tin

Artist

Oliver Wong, Wong Wai-Kwan

Audition

Editing

Peter Cheung
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Short description

Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.

What's left behind the scenes

The American version of the film has a runtime of 88 minutes, while the Hong Kong version is 101 minutes long. Japanese and British versions also exist. The Japanese version is the most complete – 106 minutes – while the British version is based on the American one.
The slums of the city were specially built for the film on a hill called Hammer Hill.
The film has an extended ending that can be seen in almost all versions except the American one.
Due to the large number of stunt performers injured during filming, Jackie Chan created his own stunt team, personally funding all employee payments.
The courtroom was built on the Golden Harvest studio lot.
Actress Brigitte Lin performed many of the stunts herself.
The film won the 1986 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography ("Stunt Team JC").
Kin-san Lee dubbed Jackie Chan in some episodes.
The pole sliding stunt in the shopping mall was filmed in one take without prior rehearsals.
In the American version of the film, the main character's name was changed from "Kevin Chan" to "Jackie Chan".
Jackie Chan decided to make this film after the huge box office failure of the thriller "The Protector" (1985), to show Americans how to make a movie.
So much glass was broken during filming that the crew nicknamed the film "The Glass Story".
Jackie Chan himself performed the musical theme "Hero's Story" in the film's credits.
The scene where the criminals literally fly out of the bus window and fall to the ground was not actually planned. It was intended for the stuntmen to fall onto a car, but due to the fact that buses at that time were equipped with air brakes, it rolled back slightly, creating a small space between the bus and the car, into which the stuntmen fell. Furthermore, this scene was almost exactly copied by Sylvester Stallone in the film 'Tango & Cash' (1990), shot for shot.
Hong Kong 'auto-moto' stuntman Blacky Ko doubled for Jackie Chan in the scene where Jackie's character had to ride a motorcycle through glass and knock down a person (in a shopping mall).
In the American version of the film, the protagonist's name was changed from 'Kevin Chan' to 'Jackie Chan'.
As a result of a large number of stunt performers being injured during filming, Jackie Chan created his own stunt team, where he personally handled all employee payments.
Jackie Chan decided to make this film after the massive box office failure of the thriller 'The Protector' (1985), in order to show Americans how to make movies.
Jackie Chan himself performed the musical theme 'Hero's Story' in the film's credits.
Kin-san Lee doubled for Jackie Chan in some episodes.
The scene in which the criminals literally fly through the bus window and fall to the ground was not actually planned. It was intended that the stunt performers would land on a car, but because buses at the time were equipped with pneumatic brakes, it rolled back slightly, creating a small gap between the bus and the car, which is where the stunt performers fell. Additionally, this scene was copied by Sylvester Stallone in the film 'Tango & Cash' (1990) almost frame for frame.
Hong Kong vehicle stuntman Blackie Ko doubled for Jackie Chan in the scene where Jackie's character had to ride a motorcycle through glass and hit a person (in a shopping mall).