The Illegal Immigrant

The Illegal Immigrant

1985 · 98 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama

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.

Directed by Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting · Written by Alex Law Kai-Yui

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