The Secret (1979)
瘋劫
A tangled murder mystery unfolds amid a complex love triangle. As conflicting witness accounts emerge, the truth about the victim and key suspects is revealed, leading investigators down a dark and twisty path where nothing is as it seems.
- Date of release
- 1979-10-31
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Director
- Ann Hui
Casting
- Sylvia Chang — Lin Jeng-ming
- Angie Chiu Nga-Chi — Li Yuen
- Norman Tsui Siu-keung — Ah Saw
- Lai Cheuk-Cheuk — Grandma
- Lee Hae-suk — Mei Siu Gei
- Alex Man Chi-Leung — Dr. Yuen Sicho
- Lo Kwok Hung — Chow Tung-sing
- Kenneth Tsang — Policeman
- George Lam Tsz-cheung — Hospital Doctor (cameo)
- Ng Tung — Uncle Kung
- Lai Siu-Fong — Cheung Dai Ma
- Yip Ping — Wong Suk Lai
Interesting facts
The Secret is a 1979 Hong Kong thriller film directed by Ann Hui. It is Hui's debut feature film.
Production
The film was loosely based on a real-life double murder in Pok Fu Lam in May 1970. As reported by the South China Morning Post on 18 May 1970, a young man and woman were found dead on a hill on Pok Fu Lam Road the night before. The couple had been strangled, and had their hands bound behind them.
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