The Illegal Immigrant
1985, Cantonese. Directed by Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting.
The lead, arrested and processed after a police raid on a Canal St. clothing workshop. He has no status in HK, where he'd swam, or the US, where he arrived as a stowaway, to avoid metal detectors which would pick up the bullets still in his body.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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The Illegal Immigrant is streaming on Film Movement Plus in India.
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- Released
- 3 May 1985
- Original title
- 非法移民
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Alex Law Kai-yui
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The Illegal Immigrant runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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The Illegal Immigrant is streaming on Film Movement Plus in India. (Checked 3 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Illegal Immigrant?
The Illegal Immigrant (1985) was directed by Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting and stars Ching Yong-Cho, Wu Fu-Sheng, Liao Chong-Yu.