Miracles: The Canton Godfather

Jun 15, 1989

2h 6m

★ 7.1

Meet the original gangster!

Overview

A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.

Genres

Crime

Action

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Golden Way Films Ltd.

Paragon Films

Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Miracles: The Canton Godfather Trailers

Cast

Charlie Chen-Wah

Jackie Chan

Yang Luming

Anita Mui

Lady Rose / Ms. Kao

Gua Ah-leh

Chief Inspector Ho

Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

Tiger Lo

Ko Chun-Hsiung

Boss Pai

Sunny Fang Kang

Conman Tung

Bill Tung Biu

Ku Hsin-chuan

Tien Feng

Mr. Ku's Son

Ngai Jan

Belle Kao

Gloria Yip Wan-Yee

Uncle Hoi

Wu Ma

Ah Tung

Billy Lau Nam-Kwong

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